CVE-2026-20298

Medium

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.<br><br>The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.3
Exploit probability—
ProductSplunk
PublishedJul 15, 2026
First seenJul 15, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • splunk splunk9.4.13, 10.0.8, 10.2.5 or later
  • splunk splunk_cloud_platform10.1.2507.24, 10.2.2510.18, 10.3.2512.15, 10.4.2604.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
splunk splunk9.4.0 ≤ v < 9.4.13, 10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.8, 10.2.0 ≤ v < 10.2.5, 10.4.09.4.13, 10.0.8, 10.2.5
splunk splunk_cloud_platform10.1.2507 ≤ v < 10.1.2507.24, 10.2.2510 ≤ v < 10.2.2510.18, 10.3.2512 ≤ v < 10.3.2512.15, 10.4.2604 ≤ v < 10.4.2604.610.1.2507.24, 10.2.2510.18, 10.3.2512.15, 10.4.2604.6

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