Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-76353Path Traversal through Knowledge Bundle Replication in Splunk Enterprise
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could submit a crafted knowledge bundle delta to delete arbitrary files accessible to Splunk Enterprise on a cluster manager. This could affect system integrity and disrupt service. The vulnerability is possible because knowledge bundle delta processing does not restrict removal paths to the staging directory and the endpoint does not enforce the expected authorization boundary. For more information see Knowledge bundle replication overview (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/distributed-search/10.4/knowledge-bundle-replication/knowledge-bundle-replication-overview) in the Splunk documentation.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | 10.4 – before 10.4.210.2 – before 10.2.610.0 – before 10.0.99.4 – before 9.4.14 |
Weakness: CWE-24 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L