CVE-2026-20253

Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation and Truncation in a PostgreSQL Sidecar Service Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

State
Published
Severity
9.8 Critical
Published
Jun 10, 2026
Updated
Jun 19, 2026
Reserved
Oct 8, 2025

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Description

In Splunk Enterprise 10.2 versions below 10.2.4 and 10 versions below 10.0.7, an unauthenticated user could create or truncate arbitrary files through a PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoint. The vulnerability exists because the PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoint lacks authentication controls, allowing any network-reachable user to invoke file operations without credentials. Splunk Enterprise versions 9.4 and earlier are not affected. If you cannot immediately upgrade to a fixed version, you can mitigate this vulnerability by disabling the PostgreSQL sidecar service.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hcisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-306 The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk
  • 10.2 to before 10.2.4Affected
  • 10.0 to before 10.0.7Affected

References

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