CVE-2026-76354

Path Traversal through Search Head Clustering in Splunk Enterprise

HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 09:34 PM UTC
Updated: August 21, 2026 at 07:36 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSplunk

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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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 who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could affect system integrity and availability by sending a crafted Representational State Transfer (REST) API request that deletes or temporarily overwrites files writable by the user account running Splunk Enterprise processes on a non-captain search head cluster member. The vulnerability is possible because Search Head Clustering bundle replication does not validate the name of a replicated bundle file or neutralize NUL bytes before constructing the member bundle path. For more information see About search head clustering (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/distributed-search/10.4/overview-of-search-head-clustering/about-search-head-clustering), Define roles on the Splunk platform with capabilities (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.4/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities), and Secure Splunk Enterprise service accounts (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/9.0/install-splunk-enterprise-securely/secure-splunk-enterprise-service-accounts) in the Splunk documentation.

Affected

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

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:

References (1)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

8.1HIGHcisco
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-158

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