SPL commands allowlist controls bypass in Splunk MCP Server app through "run_splunk_query" MCP tool (Splunk Splunk MCP Server)

CVE-2025-20381
MEDIUM 5.4

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.22 % · percentile 13 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
cisco
NVD status
Deferred

Description

In Splunk MCP Server app versions below 0.2.4, a user with access to the "run_splunk_query" Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool could bypass the SPL command allowlist controls in MCP by embedding SPL commands as sub-searches, leading to unauthorized actions beyond the intended MCP restrictions.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-863 — Incorrect Authorization

References

Scores

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

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected products

ProductVersions
Splunk · Splunk MCP Serveraffected 0.2 < 0.2.4

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