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Splunk Enterprise EUVDEUVD-2026-107657

| CVE-2026-76294 MEDIUM
Missing Authorization (CWE-862)
2026-10-21 cisco GHSA-hwh3-4g93-44fg
4.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: cisco
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as low-privilege Splunk user
  2. Delivery
    Craft REST API move request for field extraction/transformation
  3. Exploit
    Target app lacking read access
  4. Execution
    Server skips destination access validation
  5. Impact
    Knowledge object relocated into restricted app

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated Splunk Enterprise account that does NOT hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles, with access to the REST API endpoint that processes field extraction and field transformation move operations. The specific flaw is that this REST API path does not validate the user's read access to the destination app before relocating the knowledge object. Limiting factors: the attacker must already possess valid low-privilege credentials (PR:L, not unauthenticated), no user interaction from a victim is needed (UI:N), and impact is confined to integrity of knowledge-object placement (C:N, A:N) rather than data disclosure or service disruption. Only instances running versions below 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, or 9.4.16 are affected.

Impact

This is a low-to-moderate priority issue, not an urgent one. The CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N) yields a base score of 4.3 (Medium), driven entirely by a low integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability impact. PR:L confirms the attacker must already be an authenticated Splunk user - consistent with the description, which specifies a user lacking the 'admin' or 'power' roles. The signals are mutually consistent: no network-exposed unauthenticated path, limited blast radius (improper placement of field extractions/transformations into apps the user cannot read), and a CWE-862 Missing Authorization root cause. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided in the input, so there is no evidence of active or imminent exploitation. The only mild conflict worth noting is the input tag 'Authentication Bypass,' which overstates the issue - this is an authorization/access-control flaw (missing authorization), not an authentication bypass; the authenticated-user precondition still applies. Overall this is a genuine but contained insider/low-privilege misuse issue rather than a widely weaponizable critical bug.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

A legitimate Splunk user who holds only basic (non-admin, non-power) roles uses the REST API to issue a 'move' operation on a field extraction or field transformation, targeting an app to which they have no read access. Because the REST API never validates destination app access, the knowledge object is relocated into that restricted app, letting a low-privilege user manipulate configuration state in apps they should not be able to touch. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, but exploitation requires only standard authenticated API access and low attack complexity.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Improper authorization in the Splunk Enterprise REST API allows an authenticated user without the 'admin' or 'power' roles to relocate field extractions and field transformations into apps they are not permitted to read, because the move operation never validates destination-app access. The issue affects deployments running versions below 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16, and carries a CVSS score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), reflecting a limited integrity impact with no confidentiality or availability loss. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, so this is a low-to-moderate priority hardening item rather than an urgent exposure, though the required credential is a low-privilege one that many environments grant broadly.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade Splunk Enterprise to 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, or 9.4.16 (or later on the corresponding maintenance line) as documented in advisory SVD-2026-1007 (https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1007); there is no partial-fix path short of upgrading the affected search head and any peer that exposes the field extraction and field transformation REST endpoints. Until the upgrade is applied, restrict the blast radius by narrowing which accounts can reach the knowledge-object REST endpoints - for example, remove the relevant capability from custom roles or front the Splunk Web REST API with a reverse proxy or network ACL that only admits trusted administrative hosts, accepting that this also blocks legitimate power-user object management from those clients. Audit existing knowledge objects for field extractions and field transformations sitting in apps where the owning team has no documented read grant, and review app-level ACLs to ensure no app grants broad write visibility as a side effect of normal role inheritance. Because exploitation requires only a low-privilege authenticated session, prioritize credential hygiene and prompt rotation for any account suspected of abuse, and note that these compensating controls reduce exposure but do not remediate the underlying missing authorization check.

Affected VersionsENISA

Splunk Enterprise 10.0 <10.0.11
Splunk Enterprise 10.2 <10.2.8
Splunk Enterprise 10.4 <10.4.4
Splunk Enterprise 9.4 <9.4.16

Affected Packages

euvd splunk_enterprise fix: 9.4.16, 10.0.11, 10.2.8, 10.4.4

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Splunk Enterprise stores field extractions and field transformations as knowledge objects whose visibility is governed by per-object and per-app permissions; apps act as containers with their own read/write ACLs mapped to Splunk roles such as admin, power, and user. The flaw is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the REST API handler that performs a 'move' of a field extraction or field transformation from one app to another processes the relocation without first checking that the requesting user has read access to the destination app. Because the authorization decision is skipped rather than misconfigured, a holder of otherwise unprivileged credentials can place or reposition knowledge objects inside app namespaces they should only be able to see through granted read rights, effectively writing into another team's or another tenant's configuration scope. The attack surface is the network-reachable REST API (AV:N) and requires only a valid low-privilege session (PR:L) with no victim interaction (UI:N); the CPE cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_enterprise identifies the affected platform across all tracked version ranges.

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Severity by source

Vendor (cisco) PRIMARY 4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.3 MEDIUM

Authenticated non-privileged user over the network via REST API (PR:L, AV:N, AC:L); impact limited to integrity of knowledge-object placement, so I:L with C:N and A:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (cisco).

CVSS VectorVendor: cisco

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 22, 2026 - 02:16 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 22:51 cve.org
MEDIUM 4.3

DescriptionCVE.org

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could move field extractions or field transformations to apps for which the user does not have read access. The vulnerability is possible because the Representational State Transfer (REST) API does not validate destination app access before it processes field extraction and field transformation move operations. For more information see Use the Field extractions page (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/manage-knowledge-objects/knowledge-management-manual/10.6/use-the-settings-pages-for-field-extractions-in-splunk-web/use-the-field-extractions-page) and Manage knowledge object permissions (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/manage-knowledge-objects/knowledge-management-manual/10.6/get-started-with-knowledge-objects/manage-knowledge-object-permissions) in the Splunk documentation.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 90% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Widely deployed enterprise SIEM/log platform across many organizations
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
High
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

22
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +22
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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