CVE-2026-76268

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3 and 10.2.7, an unauthenticated user with network access to the Patroni Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) on a search head cluster member could execute attacker-controlled operating-system commands. The vulnerability is possible because this interface does not require authentication for critical configuration operations. For more information see Sidecar configuration settings (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/splunk-enterprise-admin-manual/10.2/splunk-sidecars/sidecar-configuration-settings) in the Splunk documentation. Splunk Enterprise versions 10.0.x and 9.4.x are not affected.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001	Vendor Advisory Mitigation

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*

History

14 Oct 2026, 12:20

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
References	~~() https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001 -~~	() https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001 - Vendor Advisory, Mitigation
First Time		Splunk splunk Splunk

07 Oct 2026, 21:17

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-07 21:17

Updated : 2026-10-14 12:20

NVD link : CVE-2026-76268

Mitre link : CVE-2026-76268

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-76268

JSON object : View

Products Affected

splunk

splunk

CWE

CWE-306

Missing Authentication for Critical Function

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