FKIE_CVE-2025-20229

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-03-26 22:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 08:41
Severity
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.104, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.114, and 9.1.2312.208, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) through a file upload to the "$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp" directory due to missing authorization checks.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0301Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk 9.4.0
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
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