vulnerability

Splunk CVE-2025-20232: Risky Command Safeguards Bypass in “/app/search/search“ endpoint through “s“ parameter in Splunk Enterprise

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Mar 26, 2025
Added
Apr 7, 2025
Modified
Jul 2, 2025

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.103, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.113, 9.1.2312.208 and 9.1.2308.212, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands on the “/app/search/search“ endpoint through its “s“ parameter.The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

Solution

splunk-upgrade-latest
Title
NEW

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