CVE-2025-20387: In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can…

PriorityP340medium6.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRLUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

0.48%

37.8th percentile

In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory. This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
splunk	splunk	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.2	10.0.2
splunk	splunk	>= 9.2.0 < 9.2.10	9.2.10
splunk	splunk	>= 9.3.0 < 9.3.8	9.3.8
splunk	splunk	>= 9.4.0 < 9.4.6	9.4.6
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 10.0 < 10.0.2	10.0.2
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.2 < 9.2.10	9.2.10
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.3 < 9.3.8	9.3.8
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.4 < 9.4.6	9.4.6

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