CVE-2026-20164

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.2%

Medium (6.5) in splunk. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could access the `/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/-/-/configs/conf-passwords` REST API endpoint, which exposes the hashed or plaintext password values that are stored in the passwords.conf configuration file due to improper access control. This vulnerability could allow for the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credentials.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 15% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-200
Published: 2026-03-11
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

splunk:splunk
splunk:splunk_cloud_platform

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0303

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