Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.15/10.0.10/10.2.7/10.4.2 Web Manager privileges management

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.15/10.0.10/10.2.7/10.4.2. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Web Manager. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-76293. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Splunk Enterprise up to 9.4.15/10.0.10/10.2.7/10.4.2. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Web Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16, a user that holds a role with the edit_manager_xml capability could execute arbitrary operating-system commands using the permissions of the user account running Splunk Enterprise by opening the affected configuration in the Splunk Web Manager page. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Web evaluates user-controlled expressions from Manager XML without sufficiently restricting the expression syntax.

The advisory is shared for download at advisory.splunk.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-76293 since 08/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Upgrading to version 9.4.16, 10.0.11, 10.2.8 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
• 9.4.15
• 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
• 10.0.10
• 10.2.0
• 10.2.1
• 10.2.2
• 10.2.3
• 10.2.4
• 10.2.5
• 10.2.6
• 10.2.7
• 10.4.0
• 10.4.1
• 10.4.2

License

• commercial

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