Vulnerability · Published Mar 26, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2025-20231Sensitive Information Disclosure in Splunk Secure Gateway App

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity sensitive data in logs in Splunk Enterprise from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 45% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 55.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 9.4 – before 9.4.19.3 – before 9.3.39.2 – before 9.2.59.1 – before 9.1.8
Splunk Splunk Secure Gateway 3.8 – before 3.8.383.7 – before 3.7.23

Weakness: CWE-532 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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