CVE-2026-20137 Risky Commands Safeguards Bypass through preloaded Data Models due to Path Traversal vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise
Low-privileged users can bypass SPL safeguards via path traversal in Data Models, potentially executing risky commands.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-20137?
CVE-2026-20137 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 18 Feb 2026. 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 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.1.2507.0, 10.0.2503.9, 9.3.2411.112, and 9.3.2408.122, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands when they create a Data Model that contains an injected SPL query within an object. They can bypass the safeguards by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-20137?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform.
How do I fix CVE-2026-20137?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-20137 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-20137 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-20137 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-4v8p-q39m-4pj8.