Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-20259

Title: Splunk Saved Search Ownership Reassignment

Privilege Escalation

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2026-20259.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date Jun 10, 2026

Modified Date Jun 12, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.5 CVSS v3.1

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.19%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-20259: In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2604.0, 10.3.2512.12, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, 10.0.2503.14, and 9.3.2411.131, a user who holds a Splunk role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_saved_search_owner` could reassign saved search ownership to users outside their authorized scope. The ownership reassignment endpoint lacks access control.

Impacted Vendors

splunk 2

jenkins 1

Reference Links

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0609

CVSS v3.1

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-20259 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 12, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

June 10, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.