Vulnerability · Published Aug 19, 2026 · Assigned by cisco
CVE-2026-76372Incorrect Permission Assignment through Safe Mode in Nmap Scanner for Splunk SOAR
Medium 6.6
In plain English
A medium-severity incorrect permission assignment in Nmap Scanner 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 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
In Nmap Scanner versions below 3.0.15, a user who holds a role that can edit, create, or run playbooks in Splunk SOAR could run the scan network action in a Safe Mode playbook while that action is listed as read-only, which could allow for command execution or other changes on a target system through Nmap Scripting Engine scripts. The vulnerability is possible because the Nmap Scanner connector action manifest classifies the scan network action as read-only even though the action accepts script parameters that can perform write operations. For more information see Manage settings for a playbook in Splunk SOAR (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-cloud/build-playbooks/manage-playbooks-and-playbook-settings/manage-settings-for-a-playbook-in-splunk-soar-cloud) in the Splunk documentation.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Nmap Scanner | 3.0 – before 3.0.15 |
Weakness: CWE-732 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L