vulnerability
Splunk: CVE-2025-20366: Improper Access Control in Background Job Submission in Splunk Enterprise
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N) | Oct 1, 2025 | Oct 6, 2025 | Oct 31, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 1, 2025
Added
Oct 6, 2025
Modified
Oct 31, 2025
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.111, 9.3.2408.119, and 9.2.2406.122, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could access sensitive search results if Splunk Enterprise runs an administrative search job in the background. If the low privileged user guesses the search job’s unique Search ID (SID), the user could retrieve the results of that job, potentially exposing sensitive search results.For more information seeAbout jobs and job managementandManage search jobs.
Solution
splunk-upgrade-latest
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