Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20137Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise

Low 3.5

In plain English

A low-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).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.5Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 10.2 – before 10.2.010.0 – before 10.0.39.4 – before 9.4.59.3 – before 9.3.79.2 – before 9.2.9
Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform 10.1.2507 – before 10.1.2507.010.0 – before 10.0.2503.99.3.2411 – before 9.3.2411.1129.3.2408 – before 9.3.2408.122

Weakness: CWE-200 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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