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CVE-2026-20240

Denial of Service through coldToFrozen.sh Script in Splunk Enterprise

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.
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Splunk ≫ Splunk SwEditionenterprise Version >= 9.3.0 < 9.3.12
Splunk ≫ Splunk SwEditionenterprise Version >= 9.4.0 < 9.4.11
Splunk ≫ Splunk SwEditionenterprise Version >= 10.0.0 < 10.0.5
Splunk ≫ Splunk SwEditionenterprise Version >= 10.2.0 < 10.2.2
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version >= 9.3.2411 < 9.3.2411.129
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version >= 10.0.2503 < 10.0.2503.13
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version >= 10.1.2507 < 10.1.2507.21
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version >= 10.2.2510 < 10.2.2510.11
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version >= 10.3.2512 < 10.3.2512.9
Splunk ≫ Splunk Cloud Platform Version10.4.2603
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.4% 0.313
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
psirt@cisco.com 6.5 2.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0504
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