Medium severity · published Oct 7, 2026
CVE-2026-76281
Improper Access Control in Splunk Enterprise
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76281 are related to improper access control issues that are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 20% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
10.4 before 10.4.3; 10.2 before 10.2.7; 10.0 before 10.0.10; 9.4 before 9.4.15 · source: vendor
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.4.0 before 9.4.15; 10.0.0 before 10.0.10; 10.2.0 before 10.2.7; 10.4.0 before 10.4.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76281
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76281
advisory.splunk.com
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1002
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