CVE-2025-20300
Improper Access Control Lets Low-Privilege Users Suppress Read-Only Alerts in Splunk Enterprise
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.3 Medium
- Published
- Jul 7, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Reserved
- Oct 10, 2024
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.5, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.103, 9.3.2408.112, and 9.2.2406.119, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles, and has read-only access to a specific alert, could suppress that alert when it triggers. See [Define alert suppression groups to throttle sets of similar alerts](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/alert-and-respond/alerting-manual/9.4/manage-alert-trigger-conditions-and-throttling/define-alert-suppression-groups-to-throttle-sets-of-similar-alerts).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.3 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | cisco |
Weaknesses
- CWE-863 The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk |
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Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk |
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References
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