Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.14/10.0.9/10.2.6/10.4.2 access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.14/10.0.9/10.2.6/10.4.2. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-76281. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.14/10.0.9/10.2.6/10.4.2 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Improper Access Control. Splunk addressed multiple internally identified vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise versions 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, and 9.4.15. The vulnerabilities are grouped by Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE), with one Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier assigned to each group. See Details for more information.

The advisory is available at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76281 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/07/2026). This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 9.4.15, 10.0.10, 10.2.7 or 10.4.3 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
• 9.4.14
• 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
• 10.0.9
• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1
• 10.2.2
• 10.2.3
• 10.2.4
• 10.2.5
• 10.2.6
• 10.4.0
• 10.4.1
• 10.4.2

License

• commercial

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