CVE-2026-20297

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, 9.4.13, and 9.3.14, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a user who holds a role that contains the `edit_local_apps` and `install_apps` capabilities could cause a legitimate app installation to write files outside the intended app directory, into `$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/` and its subdirectories.<br><br>The vulnerability is caused by a path traversal in the app installation workflow, which does not restrict the installation path to the intended app directory.

• splunk splunk (>= 9.3.0 < 9.3.14) • splunk splunk (>= 9.4.0 < 9.4.13) • splunk splunk (>= 10.0.0 < 10.0.8) • splunk splunk (>= 10.2.0 < 10.2.5) • splunk splunk 10.4.0 • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.1.2507 < 10.1.2507.24) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.2.2510 < 10.2.2510.18) • splunk splunk cloud platform (>= 10.4.2604 < 10.4.2604.6)