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CVE-2026-76350

Improper Privilege Management through PDF Attachments for Email Alert Actions in Splunk Enterprise

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 09:34 PM UTC
Updated: August 21, 2026 at 07:26 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSplunk

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user that holds a role with the schedule_search capability could configure Portable Document Format (PDF) attachments in the email alert action workflow. When the email alert action runs, it could execute arbitrary Search Processing Language (SPL) commands with system-level privileges, expose all relevant data, and affect system integrity and availability on the search head. The vulnerability is possible because the search scheduler passes a system-level authentication context rather than the action owner context to the email alert action when it renders PDF attachments. For more information see alert_actions.conf (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/admin-manual/10.4/configuration-file-reference/10.4.0-configuration-file-reference/alert_actions.conf) in the Splunk documentation.

Affected

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

Splunk· Splunk
95%
10.0 ≤ v < 10.0.910.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.910.2 ≤ v < 10.2.610.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.610.4 ≤ v < 10.4.210.4.0 ≤ v < 10.4.29.4 ≤ v < 9.4.149.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.1410.010.210.49.4
Affected range stops below 10.0.9, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.2.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 10.4.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 9.4.14, 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

References (1)

Vendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0801

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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

CVSS

8.8HIGHcisco
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-269

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