FKIE_CVE-2026-20163

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-11 17:16 - Updated: 2026-03-24 17:10
Severity ?
7.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.
References
psirt@cisco.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0302Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
splunk splunk_cloud_platform *
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