CVE-2026-76321 PUBLISHED

SPL Injection through Nearby Event Searches in Splunk Enterprise

Assigner: cisco
Reserved: 19.08.2026 Published: 19.08.2026 Updated: 19.08.2026

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, an unauthenticated user could inject arbitrary Search Processing Language (SPL) into requests that search for events near a selected event. This could allow for unauthorized search execution. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Web does not consistently escape caller-supplied values when it builds SPL for nearby-event searches, and embedded report access accepts those requests without the expected authorization check. For more information see Use time to find nearby events (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/search/search-manual/10.2/specify-time-ranges/use-time-to-find-nearby-events) in the Splunk documentation.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.3

Product Status

Vendor Splunk
Product Splunk Enterprise
Versions
  • affected from 10.4 to 10.4.2 (excl.)
  • affected from 10.2 to 10.2.6 (excl.)
  • affected from 10.0 to 10.0.9 (excl.)
  • affected from 9.4 to 9.4.14 (excl.)

Workarounds

The vulnerability affects instances with Splunk Web turned on. Turning Splunk Web off is a possible workaround. See Disable unnecessary Splunk Enterprise components and the web.conf configuration specification file for more information on turning off Splunk Web.

Solutions

Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to versions 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, or higher.

References

Problem Types

  • The software constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. cwe