Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform
CVE-2025-20369: Extensible Markup Language (XML) External Entity Injection (XXE) through Dashboard label field on Splunk Enterprise
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Splunk Enterprise 10.0 | 10.0.0 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.4 | 9.4.4 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.3 | 9.3.6 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.2 | 9.2.8 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3 | 9.3.2411.108 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3 | 9.3.2408.118 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 9.2 | 9.2.2406.123 or later |
Always confirm against the vendor advisory, which lists every fixed hotfix.
What it is
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.
Sources
KEV status, EPSS score and vendor data refreshed automatically, last on 13 Oct 2026.