Sensitive Information Disclosure through the storage/passwords REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

Summary

CVECVE-2026-20298
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercisco
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-15 18:16:44 UTC
Updated2026-07-16 05:16:19 UTC
DescriptionIn Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.<br><br>The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-200 The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
3.1CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Splunk Splunk Enterprise affected 10.4 10.4.1 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Enterprise affected 10.2 10.2.5 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Enterprise affected 10.0 10.0.8 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Enterprise affected 9.4 9.4.13 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform affected 10.5.2605 10.5.2605.0 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform affected 10.4.2604 10.4.2604.6 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform affected 10.3.2512 10.3.2512.15 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform affected 10.2.2510 10.2.2510.18 custom Not specified
CNA Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform affected 10.1.2507 10.1.2507.24 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0704 [email protected] advisory.splunk.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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