Medium severity · published Feb 18, 2026
CVE-2026-20137
Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise
5.7
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 18% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.0; 10.0 before 10.0.2503.9; 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.112; 9.3.2408 before 9.3.2408.122 · source: vendor, NVD
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
10.2 before 10.2.0; 10.0 before 10.0.3; 9.4 before 9.4.5; 9.3 before 9.3.7; 9.2 before 9.2.9 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.2.0 before 9.2.9; 9.3.0 before 9.3.7; 9.4.0 before 9.4.5; 10.0.0 before 10.0.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20137
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20137
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0202
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