ESB-2026.3806
PUBLISHED
CVSS 5.300000190734863 MEDIUM
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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2026.3806
SVD-2026-0404: Third-Party Package Updates in Splunk Universal Forwarder -
April 2026
16 April 2026
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AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Splunk Universal Forwarder
Publisher: Splunk
Operating System: Windows
Linux
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names: CVE-2026-22796
Original Bulletin:
https://advisory.splunk.com//advisories/SVD-2026-0404
Comment: CVSS (Max): 5.3 CVE-2026-22796 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
CVSS Source: CISA-ADP
Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
EPSS (Max): 0.1% (30th) CVE-2026-22796 2026-04-15
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Third-Party Package Updates in Splunk Universal Forwarder - April 2026
Advisory ID: SVD-2026-0404
CVE ID: CVE-2026-22796
Published: 2026-04-15
Last Update: 2026-04-15
Description
Splunk remedied common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) in Third Party
Packages in Splunk Universal Forwarder versions 10.2.1, 10.0.4, 9.4.10, 9.3.11,
and higher.
Package Remediation CVE Severity
OpenSSL [1] Upgraded OpenSSL to version 1.0.2zo CVE-2026-22796 Low
[ 1 ] Upgraded OpenSSL to version 1.0.2zo to remedy CVE-2026-22796 at
$SPLUNK_HOME/lib/libcrypto.so.1.0.0 and $SPLUNK_HOME/lib/libssl.so.1.0.0
Solution
Upgrade Splunk Universal Forwarder to versions 10.2.1, 10.0.4, 9.4.10, 9.3.11,
or higher.
Product Status
Product Base Version Affected Version Fix Version
Splunk Universal Forwarder 10.2 10.2.0 10.2.1
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.4 10.0.0 to 10.0.3 10.0.4
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.4 9.4.0 to 9.4.9 9.4.10
Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.3 9.3.0 to 9.3.10 9.3.11
Severity
For CVE-2026-22796, Splunk adopted the vendor's severity rating.
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