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CVE-2025-20228: Maintenance mode state change of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Splunk Enterprise
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-352
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.2.2403.108, and 9.1.2312.204, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could change the maintenance mode state of App Key Value Store (KVStore) through a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
Affected products
- Splunk Enterprise: from 9.1.0 before 9.1.8; from 9.2.0 before 9.2.5; from 9.3.0 before 9.3.3 — fixed in 9.1.8, 9.2.5, 9.3.3
- Splunk Cloud Platform: from 9.1.2312 before 9.1.2312.204; from 9.2.2403.100 before 9.2.2403.107 — fixed in 9.1.2312.204, 9.2.2403.107
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.1.8, 9.2.5, 9.3.3; Splunk Cloud Platform 9.1.2312.204, 9.2.2403.107. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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