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.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0401 Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 6.6 · splunkNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0401 Vendor Advisory