Vulnerability · Published Mar 11, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20164Sensitive Information Disclosure through Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity information exposure 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 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 10.0 – before 10.0.39.4 – before 9.4.99.3 – before 9.3.10 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | 10.2.2510 – before 10.2.2510.510.1.2507 – before 10.1.2507.1610.0.2503 – before 10.0.2503.119.3.2411 – before 9.3.2411.123 |
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N