Splunk Secure Malware Analytics app for SOAR up to 2.4.4 Detonate File Action sample_password missing encryption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Splunk Secure Malware Analytics app for SOAR up to 2.4.4. Affected is an unknown function of the component Detonate File Action. Such manipulation of the argument sample_password leads to missing encryption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-76378. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in Splunk Secure Malware Analytics app for SOAR up to 2.4.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Detonate File Action. The manipulation of the argument sample_password with an unknown input leads to a missing encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-311. The product does not encrypt sensitive or critical information before storage or transmission. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

In versions below 2.4.5 of the Cisco Secure Malware Analytics app for Splunk SOAR, a user who holds a role with permission to run actions could expose a sensitive sample password by invoking the detonate file action, because the action's sample_password parameter is not masked and is shown in cleartext in the user interface. The information disclosure is possible because the app does not mark the affected action parameter as a password. For more information see Run an action in Splunk SOAR (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-on-premises/use-splunk-soar-on-premises/8.6.0/use-the-command-line-interface-to-perform-tasks-in-splunk-soar-on-premises/run-an-action-in-splunk-soar-on-premises).

The advisory is available at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76378 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1600 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.4.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Anti-Malware Software

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• Splunk

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• Secure Malware Analytics app for SOAR

Version

• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4

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• free

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