CVE-2026-20164CWE-200

Sensitive Information Disclosure through Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise

Medium · published March 11, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could access the `/splunkd/__raw/servicesNS/-/-/configs/conf-passwords` REST API endpoint, which exposes the hashed or plaintext password values that are stored in the passwords.conf configuration file due to improper access control. This vulnerability could allow for the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive credentials.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00237 · 13.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Published
2026-03-11T16:18Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 11 MAR 16:18Z
    Sensitive Information Disclosure through Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise
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