CVE-2025-20233 (GCVE-0-2025-20233)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-03-26 22:06
Modified
2025-03-27 13:49
Severity ?
2.5 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-732 - The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
Summary
In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.5, a script in the app used the `chmod` and `makedirs` Python functions in a way that resulted in overly broad read and execute permissions. This could lead to improper access control for a low-privileged user.
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk App for Lookup File Editing Version: 4.0   < 4.0.5
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