Improper privilege management in Splunk Enterprise - CVE-2026-76253
Published: August 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144431
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-76253
CWE-ID: CWE-269
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to escalate privileges.
The vulnerability exists due to improper privilege management in scheduled search alert action configuration when running alert actions. A remote user can configure user-specific alert action settings to run arbitrary SPL commands with the highest level of system privilege.
Exploitation requires a role with the schedule_search capability.
Affected software
Splunk Enterprise
How to mitigate CVE-2026-76253
Install security update from vendor's website.
Splunk Enterprise - addressed in versions 9.4.14, 10.0.9, 10.2.6, 10.4.2