CVE-2025-20229 (GCVE-0-2025-20229)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-26 22:05
Modified
2026-02-26 19:09
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-284 - The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.104, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.114, and 9.1.2312.208, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) through a file upload to the "$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp" directory due to missing authorization checks.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk Enterprise |
Version: 9.4 < 9.4.0 Version: 9.3 < 9.3.3 Version: 9.2 < 9.2.5 Version: 9.1 < 9.1.8 |
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Sightings
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Nomenclature
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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