Path traversal in Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) - CVE-2026-76359
Published: August 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU144490
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-76359
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote user to modify files outside the intended installation directory.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal in the Universal Forwarder installer archive extraction workflow when extracting a crafted archive. A remote privileged user can supply a crafted archive to modify files outside the intended installation directory.
Affected software
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-76359
Install security update from vendor's website.
Splunk Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) - update to 8.6.0