CVE-2026-20204

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.22 BB Relevance: 45/100
Published: 2026-04-15 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Conf. Impact Integ. Impact

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: Low
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.5, 10.2.2510.9, 10.1.2507.19, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a low-privileged user that does not hold the `admin` or `power` Splunk roles could potentially perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading a malicious file to the `$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp` directory due to improper handling and insufficient isolation of temporary files within the `apptemp` directory.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (9)

VendorProductVersion
splunk splunk 9.3.0 – 9.3.11
splunk splunk 9.4.0 – 9.4.10
splunk splunk 10.0.0 – 10.0.5
splunk splunk 10.2.0
splunk splunk_cloud_platform 9.3.2411 – 9.3.2411.127
splunk splunk_cloud_platform 10.0.2503 – 10.0.2503.13
splunk splunk_cloud_platform 10.1.2507 – 10.1.2507.19
splunk splunk_cloud_platform 10.2.2510 – 10.2.2510.9
splunk splunk_cloud_platform 10.3.2512 – 10.3.2512.5

References & Advisories (1)

Bug Bounty Relevance

45 / 100
✓ Network accessible

CVSS Score

7.1 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

3.10%
Raw Score 0.030980
Percentile 87.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.03098
2026-10-28
0.03098

Intelligence Sources

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