Improper access control in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2025-20379
Published: November 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118466
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-20379
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Splunk Inc.
Affected software:
Splunk Enterprise
Splunk Enterprise
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote user to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions at the "/services/streams/search" endpoint. A remote low-privileged user can run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands by circumventing endpoint restrictions using character encoding in the REST path passed via the "q" parameter to the affected endpoint.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-20379
Install updates from vendor's website.