Medium severity · published Mar 11, 2026
CVE-2026-20165
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.7, 10.1.2507.17, 10.0.2503.12, and 9.3.2411.124, a…
6.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.7, 10.1.2507.17, 10.0.2503.12, and 9.3.2411.124, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve sensitive information by inspecting the job's search log due to improper access control in the MongoClient logging channel.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 7% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.3.0 before 9.3.10; 9.4.0 before 9.4.9; 10.0.0 before 10.0.4; 10.2.0 · source: NVD
SC
Splunk Cloud Platform · Splunk
9.3.2411 before 9.3.2411.124; 10.0.2503 before 10.0.2503.12; 10.1.2507 before 10.1.2507.17; 10.2.2510 before 10.2.2510.7 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20165
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-20165
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0304
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