Improper Access Control in System Source Types Configuration in Splunk Enterprise (Splunk Splunk Enterprise)

CVE-2025-20324
MEDIUM 5.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.28 % · percentile 20 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.5, 9.2.7, and 9.1.10 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.104, 9.3.2408.113, and 9.2.2406.119, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could create or overwrite [system source type](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/get-started/get-data-in/9.2/configure-source-types/create-source-types) configurations by sending a specially-crafted payload to the `/servicesNS/nobody/search/admin/sourcetypes/` REST endpoint on the Splunk management port.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:Ncisco
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:NNVD · psirt@cisco.com (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Splunk · Splunk Enterpriseaffected 9.4 < 9.4.2 ; affected 9.3 < 9.3.5 ; affected 9.2 < 9.2.7 ; affected 9.1 < 9.1.10
Splunk · Splunk Enterprise Cloudaffected 9.3.2411 < 9.3.2411.104 ; affected 9.3.2408 < 9.3.2408.113 ; affected 9.2.2406 < 9.2.2406.119

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD