CVE-2026-76344

Path Traversal through the Search Dispatch REST API in Splunk Enterprise

State
Published
Severity
7.7 High
Published
Aug 19, 2026
Updated
Aug 26, 2026
Reserved
Aug 19, 2026

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Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write dispatch metadata to an arbitrary location on the host by supplying a crafted search identifier to a Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoint and affect system integrity on the host. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Enterprise does not validate the search identifier before using it to create a dispatch directory. For more information see About configuring role-based user access (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.2/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/about-configuring-role-based-user-access) in the Splunk documentation.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.7 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:Ncisco

Weaknesses

  • CWE-27 The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal ../ sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Splunk EnterpriseSplunk
  • 10.4 to before 10.4.2Affected
  • 10.2 to before 10.2.6Affected
  • 10.0 to before 10.0.9Affected
  • 9.4 to before 9.4.14Affected

References

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