CVE-2026-20164

Sensitive Information Disclosure through Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise

State: Published
Severity: 6.5 Medium
Published: Mar 11, 2026
Updated: Mar 12, 2026
Reserved: Oct 8, 2025

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could access the `/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/-/-/configs/conf-passwords` REST API endpoint, which exposes the hashed or plaintext password values that are stored in the passwords.conf configuration file due to improper access control. This vulnerability could allow for the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credentials.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	6.5 Medium	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N	cisco

Weaknesses

CWE-200 The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk	10.0 to before 10.0.3Affected 9.4 to before 9.4.9Affected 9.3 to before 9.3.10Affected
Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk	10.2.2510 to before 10.2.2510.5Affected 10.1.2507 to before 10.1.2507.16Affected 10.0.2503 to before 10.0.2503.11Affected 9.3.2411 to before 9.3.2411.123Affected

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0303

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