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High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 11, 2026· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2026-20163

CVE-2026-20163

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability edit_cmd could execute arbitrary shell commands using the unarchive_cmd parameter for the /splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview REST endpoint.

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Affected products

6
  • Splunk/Splunk Enterprisecpe-rescue2 versions
    10.0+ 1 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.0
    • (no CPE)range: <10.2.0, <10.0.4, <9.4.9, <9.3.10
  • Splunk/Splunk Cloud Platformcpe-rescue3 versions
    10.2.2510+ 2 more
    • (no CPE)range: 10.2.2510
    • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=9.3.2411,<9.3.2411.124
    • (no CPE)range: <10.2.2510.5, <10.0.2503.12, <10.1.2507.16, <9.3.2411.124
  • Splunk/Splunk
    cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
    Range: >=9.3.0,<9.3.10

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