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CVE-2026-20163

CVE-2026-20163 PUBLISHED CVSS 8 HIGH

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

EPSS 0.08% · 22.8th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.08%
22.8th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
SplunkSplunk Cloud Platform10.2.2510, 9.3.2411, 10.1.2507
splunksplunk_cloud_platform10.1.2507, 9.3.2411, 10.0.2503
splunksplunk9.4.0, 9.3.0, 9.3.0
SplunkSplunk Enterprise9.4, 9.3, 9.4

Timeline

  • Mar 11, 2026 CVE Published
  • Mar 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 12, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Mar 13, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 13, 2026 PoC Published
  • Mar 14, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 15, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 15, 2026 PoC Published
  • Mar 16, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 17, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Mar 19, 2026 EPSS Score
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