Path Traversal through the Search Dispatch REST API in Splunk Enterprise

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could write dispatch metadata to an arbitrary location on the host by supplying a crafted search identifier to a Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoint and affect system integrity on the host. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Enterprise does not validate the search identifier before using it to create a dispatch directory. For more information see About configuring role-based user access (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.2/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/about-configuring-role-based-user-access) in the Splunk documentation.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.41% · top 65% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.

Weakness

• CWE-27: The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize multiple internal ../ sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-27 and its CVEs

Affected products

• Splunk · Splunk Enterprise

  • affected 10.4 – < 10.4.2
  • affected 10.2 – < 10.2.6
  • affected 10.0 – < 10.0.9
  • affected 9.4 – < 9.4.14

What to do

Solution: Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to versions 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, or higher.

References (1)

• https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0801 (opens in a new tab)

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2026-76344](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2026-76344.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2026-76344)

Record last updated 26 Aug 2026, 15:21 UTC.