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CVE-2025-20231: Sensitive Information Disclosure in Splunk Secure Gateway App
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% 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-532
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
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; 9.4.0 — fixed in 9.1.8, 9.2.5, 9.3.3
- Splunk Secure Gateway: from 3.7.0 before 3.7.23; from 3.8.0 before 3.8.38 — fixed in 3.7.23, 3.8.38
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.1.8, 9.2.5, 9.3.3; Splunk Secure Gateway 3.7.23, 3.8.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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