# CVE-2025-20320: Denial of Service (DoS) through “User Interface - Views“ configuration page in Splunk Enterprise

> Low-privileged users can cause denial of service and delete files via path traversal in Splunk Enterprise by tricking admins into initiating a malicious request.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-f5m7-22fg-43fw

## What is CVE-2025-20320?

CVE-2025-20320 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 7 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.107, 9.3.2408.117, and 9.2.2406.121, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the `User Interface - Views` configuration page that could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS).The user could cause the DoS by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability that allows for deletion of arbitrary files within a Splunk directory. The vulnerability requires the low-privileged user to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

Weakness: CWE-35 (Path Traversal: '.../...//')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-20320?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-20320?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-20320 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-20320 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Splunk Splunk

- [CVE-2026-20253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-20253/): Splunk Enterprise Missing Authentication for Critical Function (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-76268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76268/): Missing Authentication for Critical Function in the Patroni REST API in Splunk Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-76284](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76284/): Improper Neutralization in Splunk Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-76285](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-76285/): Improper Adherence to Coding Standards in Splunk Enterprise (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-17067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17067/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-20320 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-20320 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 7 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-20320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Splunk Splunk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20320/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20320/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20320
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20320
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-20320

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-20320/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.