CVE-2026-20163

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

CVSS breakdown

Affected products

• Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.2.2510 – 10.2.2510.5
• Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.0.2503 – 10.0.2503.12
• Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.1.2507 – 10.1.2507.16
• Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform9.3.2411 – 9.3.2411.124
• Splunk / Splunk Enterprise9.4 – 9.4.9
• Splunk / Splunk Enterprise9.3 – 9.3.10
• Splunk / Splunk Enterprise10.0 – 10.0.4

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0302