CVE-2026-20238 PUBLISHED

In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 5.7.3, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles could access confidential data that was restricted through srchFilter configurations on custom roles.<br><br>The app contains an authorize.conf configuration file with a srchFilter entry that modifies the built-in ‘user’ role. Because the Splunk platform combines inherited search filters with the OR SPL operator, the injected filter overrides more restrictive filters on child roles.

• Martin Muller, Splunk

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0502

• The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. cwe