CVE-2026-20240CWE-20

Denial of Service through coldToFrozen.sh Script in Splunk Enterprise

High · published May 20, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
32.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00396 · 32.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2026-05-20T16:32Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAY 16:32Z
    Denial of Service through coldToFrozen.sh Script in Splunk Enterprise
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