CVE-2026-20202CWE-176

Improper Input Validation during User Account Creation in Splunk Enterprise

Medium · published April 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
15.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.6, 10.2.2510.10, 10.1.2507.20, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_user`could create a specially crafted username that includes a null byte or a non-UTF-8 percent-encoded byte due to improper input validation.<br><br>This could lead to inconsistent conversion of usernames into a proper format for storage and account management inconsistencies, such as being unable to edit or delete affected users.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00246 · 15.0th percentile
Weakness
CWE-176 · Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding
Published
2026-04-15T15:17Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 APR 15:17Z
    Improper Input Validation during User Account Creation in Splunk Enterprise
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