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CVE-2026-76281: Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-07 · updated 2026-10-27
- Weakness: CWE-284
Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76281 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
Affected products
- Splunk Enterprise: from 9.4.0 before 9.4.15; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.10; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.7; from 10.4.0 before 10.4.3 — fixed in 9.4.15, 10.0.10, 10.2.7, 10.4.3
- Splunk Enterprise: from 10.4 before 10.4.3; from 10.2 before 10.2.7; from 10.0 before 10.0.10; from 9.4 before 9.4.15 — fixed in 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, 9.4.15
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 9.4.15, 10.0.10, 10.2.7, 10.4.3; Splunk Enterprise 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, 9.4.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
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