Splunk Enterprise and Cloud Platform
CVE-2026-20137: Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object.
Published
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Affected and fixed versions
| Product / branch | Fixed in |
|---|---|
| Splunk Enterprise 10.2 | 10.2.0 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 10.0 | 10.0.3 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.4 | 9.4.5 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.3 | 9.3.7 or later |
| Splunk Enterprise 9.2 | 9.2.9 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 10.1 | 10.1.2507.0 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 10.0 | 10.0.2503.9 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3 | 9.3.2411.112 or later |
| Splunk Cloud Platform 9.3 | 9.3.2408.122 or later |
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What it is
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.
Sources
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