High 7.1Published May 20, 2026

CVE-2026-20240Denial of Service through coldToFrozen.sh Script in Splunk Enterprise

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 7:00 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: cisco
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: May 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Splunk Splunk Enterprise splunk:enterprise (from the name)	from 10.2 before 10.2.2; from 10.0 before 10.0.5; from 9.4 before 9.4.11; from 9.3 before 9.3.12	CNA record
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform splunk:cloud_platform (from the name)	from 10.4.2603 before 10.4.2603.1; from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.9; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.11; from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.21; from 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.13; from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.129	CNA record
splunk splunk splunk:splunk	from 9.3.0 before 9.3.12; from 9.4.0 before 9.4.11; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.5; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.2	NVD
splunk splunk_cloud_platform splunk:splunk_cloud_platform	from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.129; from 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.13; from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.21; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.11; from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.9; 10.4.2603	NVD

References

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0504	vendor-advisory

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