CVE-2025-20366

Improper Access Control in Background Job Submission in Splunk Enterprise

MEDIUM

6.5

CVSS Score

Published: October 1, 2025 at 04:07 PM UTC

Updated: October 18, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC

2 products affected across 1 vendorSplunkSplunk Cloud Platform

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Severity

MEDIUM6.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

SSVC

No known exploit

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.111, 9.3.2408.119, and 9.2.2406.122, a low-privileged user that does not hold the admin or power Splunk roles could access sensitive search results if Splunk Enterprise runs an administrative search job in the background. If the low privileged user guesses the search job’s unique Search ID (SID), the user could retrieve the results of that job, potentially exposing sensitive search results. For more information see https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/search/search-manual/10.0/manage-jobs/about-jobs-and-job-management and https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/search/search-manual/10.0/manage-jobs/manage-search-jobs.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Splunk · Splunk

95%

All versions9.2.0 ≤ v < 9.2.89.3.0 ≤ v < 9.3.69.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.410.0 9.2 9.3 9.4

Affected range stops below 10.0.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.3.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.4.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk

95%

All versions9.2.2406 ≤ v < 9.2.2406.1229.3.2408 ≤ v < 9.3.2408.1199.3.2411 ≤ v < 9.3.2411.1119.2.2406 9.3.2408 9.3.2411

Affected range stops below 9.2.2406.122, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.3.2408.119, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 9.3.2411.111, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1001

References (1)

Vendor Advisory

Source: cverecord

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1001

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.5MEDIUMcisco

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED

CWE

CWE-284

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