CVE-2026-20297: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, 9.4.13, and 9.3.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6…

PriorityP347high7.2CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRHUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.48%

39.4th percentile

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, 9.4.13, and 9.3.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a user who holds a role that contains the `edit_local_apps` and `install_apps` capabilities could cause a legitimate app installation to write files outside the intended app directory, into `$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/` and its subdirectories.The vulnerability is caused by a path traversal in the app installation workflow, which does not restrict the installation path to the intended app directory.

Affected

14 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
splunk	splunk	—	—
splunk	splunk	>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.8	10.0.8
splunk	splunk	>= 10.2.0 < 10.2.5	10.2.5
splunk	splunk	>= 9.3.0 < 9.3.14	9.3.14
splunk	splunk	>= 9.4.0 < 9.4.13	9.4.13
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	>= 10.1.2507 < 10.1.2507.24	10.1.2507.24
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	>= 10.2.2510 < 10.2.2510.18	10.2.2510.18
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	>= 10.4.2604 < 10.4.2604.6	10.4.2604.6
splunk	splunk_cloud_platform	>= 10.5.2605 < 10.5.2605.0	10.5.2605.0
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 10.0 < 10.0.8	10.0.8
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 10.2 < 10.2.5	10.2.5
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 10.4 < 10.4.1	10.4.1
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.3 < 9.3.14	9.3.14
splunk	splunk_enterprise	>= 9.4 < 9.4.13	9.4.13

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