Vulnerability · Published Jul 15, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-20298Sensitive Information Disclosure through the storage/passwords REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise
Medium 5.3
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 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.<br><br>The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 10.4 – before 10.4.110.2 – before 10.2.510.0 – before 10.0.89.4 – before 9.4.13 |
| Splunk | Splunk Cloud Platform | 10.5.2605 – before 10.5.2605.010.4.2604 – before 10.4.2604.610.3.2512 – before 10.3.2512.1510.2.2510 – before 10.2.2510.1810.1.2507 – before 10.1.2507.24 |
Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N