In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.5, 10.2.2510.9, 10.1.2507.19, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a low-privileged user that does not hold the `admin` or `power` Splunk roles could potentially perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) by uploading a malicious file to the `$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp` directory due to improper handling and insufficient isolation of temporary files within the `apptemp` directory.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0403 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 7.1 · splunkNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 3
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:10.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 1
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0403 Vendor Advisory