Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.13/10.0.8/10.2.5/10.4.1 XML Expression Evaluator privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.13/10.0.8/10.2.5/10.4.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component XML Expression Evaluator. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-76314. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.13/10.0.8/10.2.5/10.4.1. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component XML Expression Evaluator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform Remote Code Execution (RCE) by submitting crafted Splunk Web Manager Configuration content. The user could then access all relevant data and affect system integrity and availability. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Web evaluates manager Extensible Markup Language expressions without sufficient input restrictions, and the associated configuration route does not require the capability expected for manager configuration changes. For more information see About configuration files (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/splunk-enterprise-admin-manual/10.4/administer-splunk-enterprise-with-configuration-files/about-configuration-files) in the Splunk documentation.

It is possible to read the advisory at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-76314 since 08/19/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 9.4.14, 10.0.9, 10.2.6 or 10.4.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Type

• Log Management Software

Vendor

• Splunk

Name

• Enterprise

Version

• 9.4.0
• 9.4.1
• 9.4.2
• 9.4.3
• 9.4.4
• 9.4.5
• 9.4.6
• 9.4.7
• 9.4.8
• 9.4.9
• 9.4.10
• 9.4.11
• 9.4.12
• 9.4.13
• 10.0.0
• 10.0.1
• 10.0.2
• 10.0.3
• 10.0.4
• 10.0.5
• 10.0.6
• 10.0.7
• 10.0.8
• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1
• 10.2.2
• 10.2.3
• 10.2.4
• 10.2.5
• 10.4.0
• 10.4.1

License

• commercial

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