Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-20137

Title: SPL safeguards bypass via path traversal in Splunk Data Model

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-20137.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Feb 18, 2026
Modified Date Feb 20, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 3.5 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.22%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-20137: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.

Impacted Vendors

S
splunk 2
J
jenkins 1

Reference Links

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0202
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
3.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-20137 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.