Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAttacker acquires low-privilege Splunk account
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DeliveryCraft malicious Data Model Editor request embedding risky SPL
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ExploitPhish authenticated victim via browser lure
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ExecutionVictim triggers request in active Splunk Web session
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PersistSPL executes under victim's role permissions
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ImpactExfiltrate indexed data or alter data model configurations
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 the attacker to possess a valid Splunk Enterprise account of any role below admin or power - a basic authenticated session suffices. The victim must hold an active authenticated Splunk Web session at the time of exploitation. The vulnerable code path is specifically the Data Model Editor's base search execution for auto-extracted fields; the SPL safeguard bypass does not apply to other Splunk Web search interfaces. The mandatory user interaction (UI:R) means the attacker must trick the victim into initiating a browser request - through phishing, a malicious link, or a CSRF-style lure - and the attacker has no independent on-demand exploitation capability. Exploitation is further bounded by the victim's role: the SPL commands can only access data and perform actions within the scope of the victim's existing Splunk permissions. The attack is not applicable to Splunk CLI or API access paths, only Splunk Web. |
| Impact | The CVSS 7.3 score (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) captures several important risk dimensions: network delivery lowers the access barrier, but PR:L (low-privilege attacker account required) and UI:R (mandatory victim interaction) represent two concrete friction points that limit opportunistic mass exploitation. The scope is unchanged (S:U), meaning the attack is bounded to data and configurations accessible to the victim's Splunk session - but if the victim holds an admin or power role, that boundary still encompasses all indexed data and system configurations. No EPSS data was provided in the input, and no CISA KEV listing or confirmed POC exists at time of analysis, suggesting this is not being actively exploited at scale. The realistic risk profile is elevated for Splunk deployments with large or heterogeneous user bases, internet-exposed Splunk Web instances, or environments where analysts with broad index access are likely phishing targets. The attack cannot be executed on-demand by the attacker - the social engineering dependency is a hard prerequisite, not merely a complication. Overall: a genuine medium-high priority for patching in enterprise environments, but not an emergency response trigger absent confirmed exploitation evidence. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with any valid low-privilege Splunk account constructs a malicious URL or web request targeting the Data Model Editor's base search auto-extraction functionality, embedding risky SPL commands such as those capable of piping search results to an external destination. The attacker then phishes an authenticated Splunk user with broader data access - such as an analyst with access to security or financial indexes - tricking them into clicking the link or submitting the request within their active browser session. The SPL commands execute silently under the victim's permissions, potentially exfiltrating sensitive indexed data or modifying data model definitions; no public POC has been confirmed at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv2 – Aug 20, 2026
The Data Model Editor in Splunk Enterprise fails to apply SPL safeguards for risky commands when executing base searches for auto-extracted fields, allowing a low-privileged attacker (non-admin, non-power role) to craft a malicious request that executes arbitrary SPL commands under a victim's authenticated session via browser-based phishing. Affected branches span four active release lines - 9.4.x below 9.4.13, 10.0.x below 10.0.8, 10.2.x below 10.2.6, and 10.4.x below 10.4.1 - confirmed by vendor advisory SVD-2026-0801. No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis; vendor patches are available for all affected branches.
Earlier versions of this analysis (1)
Cross-user SPL command injection in Splunk Enterprise affects versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.6, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, enabling a low-privileged authenticated attacker to trick a victim into executing arbitrary Search Processing Language commands under the victim's identity via the Data Model Editor. The root cause (CWE-862, Missing Authorization) is Splunk Web's failure to enforce SPL safeguards for risky commands when the Data Model Editor runs base searches for auto-extracted fields - a code path that bypasses the normal role-based SPL controls. No public exploit or CISA KEV listing is present in the available data; the CVSS 6.4 score reflects the meaningful constraints of required phishing and pre-existing attacker authentication.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to the fixed versions as identified by vendor advisory SVD-2026-0801 (https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0801): version 9.4.13 for the 9.4.x branch, 10.0.8 for the 10.0.x branch, 10.2.6 for the 10.2.x branch, and 10.4.1 for the 10.4.x branch. If immediate patching is operationally constrained, restrict access to the Data Model Editor within Splunk Web to admin and power role users only via role-based capability controls - this limits the attacker's ability to craft a malicious editor request, though it may reduce self-service analytics for lower-privileged users. Additionally, restrict Splunk Web access to internal networks or VPN-only to reduce the phishing attack surface; this does not eliminate the vulnerability but removes internet-exposed delivery paths. Disabling Splunk Web entirely eliminates the attack surface but removes the primary management and search interface, which is typically not acceptable in production environments.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Splunk Enterprise's SPL (Search Processing Language) includes safeguards that restrict risky commands - such as those capable of data exfiltration or system modification - for users below the admin or power role tier. The Data Model Editor, a Splunk Web component used to define and manage data models, runs base searches to auto-extract fields; this specific code path bypasses the SPL safeguard enforcement layer entirely. CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) identifies the root cause: the application omits the authorization check that would normally gate risky SPL command execution against the initiating user's role when invoked through this editor pathway. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_enterprise across all version branches. Because SPL can query any index the session user can access and execute commands that alter data model configurations or pipeline data externally, the impact of executing arbitrary SPL under a privileged victim's context is materially broader than the attacker's own role would permit.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attacker requires a valid Splunk account (PR:L); victim must actively trigger the browser request (UI:R); no availability impact is described in the vulnerability mechanism.
Primary rating from Vendor (cisco).
CVSS VectorNVD
Lifecycle Timeline
4DescriptionNVD
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.6, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could trick another user into running arbitrary Search Processing Language (SPL) commands through the Data Model Editor using the permissions of the affected user. The commands could access all relevant data available to the affected user and affect system integrity. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Web does not apply SPL safeguards for risky commands when the Data Model Editor runs the base search for auto-extracted fields. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the affected user by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will. For more information see SPL safeguards for risky commands (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.4/best-practices-for-splunk-platform-security/spl-safeguards-for-risky-commands) and Define roles on the Splunk platform with capabilities (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.2/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities) in the Splunk documentation.
Executive ViewAI
Splunk Enterprise Data Model Editor contains a high-severity vulnerability (CVE-2026-76255) with no public exploit identified at time of analysis; however, the vulnerability allows low-privileged attackers to execute arbitrary commands within victims' Splunk sessions through phishing-based attacks, potentially enabling unauthorized data access, modification, or deletion. Organizations running Splunk versions 9.4.x, 10.0.x, 10.2.x, or 10.4.x face risk if users interact with attacker-crafted links, as the vulnerability bypasses built-in SPL command safeguards. Vendor patches are immediately available for all affected release lines.
Apply vendor patch: Upgrade to versions 9.4.13 (9.4.x line), 10.0.8 (10.0.x line), 10.2.6 (10.2.x line), or 10.4.1 (10.4.x line) per vendor advisory SVD-2026-0801.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
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In versions of Splunk Enterprise below 9.0.5, 8.2.11, and 8.1.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform below version 9.0.2303.100,
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When curl < 7.84.0 saves cookies, alt-svc and hsts data to local files, it makes the operation atomic by finalizing the
SQLite 1.0.12 through 3.39.x before 3.39.2 sometimes allows an array-bounds overflow if billions of bytes are used in a
A vulnerability exists in curl <7.87.0 HSTS check that could be bypassed to trick it to keep using HTTP. Rated high seve
When doing HTTP(S) transfers, libcurl might erroneously use the read callback (`CURLOPT_READFUNCTION`) to ask for data t
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