CVE-2025-20226 Information

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1 9.3.3 9.2.5 and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.107 9.2.2406.111 and 9.1.2308.214 a low-privileged user that does not hold the dmin\ or \power\ Splunk roles could run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands on the /services/streams/search\ endpoint through its \q\ parameter. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0305

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction Required

LOW

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

5.7