Medium severity · published Feb 18, 2026
CVE-2026-20144
Sensitive Information Disclosure in ''_internal'' index in Splunk Enterprise
4.9
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.2, 9.4.7, 9.3.8, and 9.2.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.0, 10.1.2507.11, 10.0.2503.9, and 9.3.2411.120, a user of a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) deployment who holds a role with access to the the Splunk _internal index could view the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) configurations for Attribute query requests (AQRs) or Authentication extensions in plain text within the conf.log file, depending on which feature is configured.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% 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 10.1.2507.11; 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.9; 9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.120 · source: vendor, NVD
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
10.0 before 10.0.2; 9.4 before 9.4.7; 9.3 before 9.3.8; 9.2 before 9.2.11 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.2.0 before 9.2.11; 9.3.0 before 9.3.8; 9.4.0 before 9.4.7; 10.0.0 before 10.0.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20144
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20144
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0209
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