Vulnerability · Published Jul 7, 2025 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2025-20300Improper Access Control Lets Low-Privilege Users Suppress Read-Only Alerts in Splunk Enterprise
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect authorization in Splunk Cloud Platform from Splunk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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).
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 9.4 – before 9.4.29.3 – before 9.3.59.2 – before 9.2.69.1 – before 9.1.9 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | 9.3.2411 – before 9.3.2411.1039.3.2408 – before 9.3.2408.1129.2.2406 – before 9.2.2406.119 |
Weakness: CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N