CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-20202

6.6 MEDIUM Published 2026-04-15 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-04-15
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-176

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.6, 10.2.2510.10, 10.1.2507.20, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_user`could create a specially crafted username that includes a null byte or a non-UTF-8 percent-encoded byte due to improper input validation.<br><br>This could lead to inconsistent conversion of usernames into a proper format for storage and account management inconsistencies, such as being unable to edit or delete affected users.

Affected configurations

• splunk splunk (>= 9.3.0 < 9.3.11) • splunk splunk (>= 9.4.0 < 9.4.10) • splunk splunk (>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.5) • splunk splunk (>= 10.2.0 < 10.2.2) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 9.3.2411 < 9.3.2411.127) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.0.2503 < 10.0.2503.13) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.1.2507 < 10.1.2507.20) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.2.2510 < 10.2.2510.10) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.3.2512 < 10.3.2512.6)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-176 Improper Handling of Unicode Encoding weakness

References