Medium 5.5Published Jun 10, 2026

CVE-2026-20259Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 4:30 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2604.0, 10.3.2512.12, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, 10.0.2503.14, and 9.3.2411.131, a user who holds a Splunk role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_saved_search_owner` could reassign saved search ownership to users outside their authorized scope. The ownership reassignment endpoint lacks access control.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-284
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: Jun 10, 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 10.2.4; from 10.0 before 10.0.7	CNA record
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform splunk:cloud_platform (from the name)	from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.12; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.15; from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.23; from 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.14; from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.131	CNA record
splunk splunk splunk:splunk	from 10.0.0 before 10.0.7; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.4	NVD
splunk splunk_cloud_platform splunk:splunk_cloud_platform	from 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.131; from 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.14; from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.23; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.15; from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.12	NVD

References

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0609	vendor-advisory

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