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CVE-2026-76344: Path Traversal through the Search Dispatch REST API in Splunk Enterprise
- Severity: high (CVSS 7.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-08-19 · updated 2026-08-26
- Weakness: CWE-27
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write dispatch metadata to an arbitrary location on the host by supplying a crafted search identifier to a Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoint and affect system integrity on the host. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Enterprise does not validate the search identifier before using it to create a dispatch directory. For more information see About configuring role-based user access (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.2/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/about-configuring-role-based-user-access) in the Splunk documentation.
Affected products
- Splunk Enterprise: from 9.4.0 before 9.4.14; from 10.0.0 before 10.0.9; from 10.2.0 before 10.2.6; from 10.4.0 before 10.4.2 — fixed in 10.0.9, 10.2.6, 10.4.2, 9.4.14
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Splunk Enterprise 10.0.9, 10.2.6, 10.4.2, 9.4.14. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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