Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 24, 2026
CVE-2026-20298
CVE-2026-20298
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.The exposure happens because the |rest SPL command returns the encr_password field in the results of the /servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords REST endpoint.
Affected products
5- Range: <10.4.1, <10.2.5, <10.0.8, <9.4.13
<10.5.2605.0, <10.4.2604.6, <10.3.2512.15, <10.2.2510.18, <10.1.2507.24+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <10.5.2605.0, <10.4.2604.6, <10.3.2512.15, <10.2.2510.18, <10.1.2507.24
- cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=10.1.2507,<10.1.2507.24
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0704nvdVendor Advisory
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