CVE-2025-20230 Missing authorization in Splunk Enterprise
Low-privileged users can edit or delete other users' data in KVStore collections due to missing access controls and incorrect ownership.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-20230?
CVE-2025-20230 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 26 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could edit and delete other user data in App Key Value Store (KVStore) collections that the Splunk Secure Gateway app created. This is due to missing access control and incorrect ownership of the data in those KVStore collections.<br><br>In the affected versions, the `nobody` user owned the data in the KVStore collections. This meant that there was no specific owner assigned to the data in those collections.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20230?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Secure Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2025-20230?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20230 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-20230 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20230 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2026-76284 Improper Neutralization in Splunk Enterprise
- CVE-2026-76285 Improper Adherence to Coding Standards in Splunk Enterprise
- CVE-2017-17067 Auth bypass in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pr9m-r5mr-v22j.