Medium 5.3Published Jul 15, 2026

CVE-2026-20298Sensitive Information Disclosure through the storage/passwords REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 29, 2026, 2:40 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.<br><br>The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
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: Jul 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Splunk Splunk Enterprise splunk:enterprise (from the name)	from 10.4 before 10.4.1; from 10.2 before 10.2.5; from 10.0 before 10.0.8; from 9.4 before 9.4.13	CNA record
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform splunk:cloud_platform (from the name)	from 10.5.2605 before 10.5.2605.0; from 10.4.2604 before 10.4.2604.6; from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.15; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.18; from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.24	CNA record
splunk splunk splunk:splunk	from 9.4.0 before 9.4.13; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.8; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.5; 10.4.0	NVD
splunk splunk_cloud_platform splunk:splunk_cloud_platform	from 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.24; from 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.18; from 10.3.2512 before 10.3.2512.15; from 10.4.2604 before 10.4.2604.6	NVD

References

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0704	vendor-advisory

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