CVE-2026-20202

Medium

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.10, and 9.3.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.0, 10.3.2512.6, 10.2.2510.10, 10.1.2507.20, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.127, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_user`could create a specially crafted username that includes a null byte or a non-UTF-8 percent-encoded byte due to improper input validation.<br><br>This could lead to inconsistent conversion of usernames into a proper format for storage and account management inconsistencies, such as being unable to edit or delete affected users.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.6
Exploit probability—
ProductSplunk
PublishedApr 15, 2026
First seenApr 15, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-176CWE-176

How to fix

Update
  • splunk splunk9.3.11, 9.4.10, 10.0.5, 10.2.2 or later
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform9.3.2411.127, 10.0.2503.13, 10.1.2507.20, 10.2.2510.10, 10.3.2512.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
splunk splunk9.3.0 ≤ v < 9.3.11, 9.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.10, 10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.5, 10.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.29.3.11, 9.4.10, 10.0.5, 10.2.2
splunk splunk_cloud_platform9.3.2411 ≤ v < 9.3.2411.127, 10.0.2503 ≤ v < 10.0.2503.13, 10.1.2507 ≤ v < 10.1.2507.20, 10.2.2510 ≤ v < 10.2.2510.10, 10.3.2512 ≤ v < 10.3.2512.69.3.2411.127, 10.0.2503.13, 10.1.2507.20, 10.2.2510.10, 10.3.2512.6

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