Vulnerability · Published Feb 18, 2026 · Assigned by cisco

CVE-2026-20138Sensitive Information Disclosure in "_internal" index in Splunk Enterprise

Medium 6.8

In plain English

A medium-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 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.8Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 72.0% 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, 10.0.2, 9.4.7, 9.3.9, and 9.2.11, a user of a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) deployment who holds a role with access to the Splunk `_internal` index could view the `integrationKey`, `secretKey`, and `appSecretKey` secrets, generated by [Duo Two-Factor Authentication for Splunk Enterprise](https://duo.com/docs/splunk), in plain text.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Splunk Splunk Enterprise 10.0 – before 10.0.29.4 – before 9.4.79.3 – before 9.3.99.2 – before 9.2.11

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

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