CVE-2026-76256 Information Exposure through REST API Endpoints in Splunk Secure Gateway
Unprivileged users can read sensitive SAML configuration data via REST API endpoints due to missing authorization checks in Splunk Secure Gateway.
- 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-2026-76256?
CVE-2026-76256 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Splunk Splunk, published on 19 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, and Splunk Secure Gateway versions below 3.10.9, 3.9.23, and 3.8.70, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could read sensitive Security Assertion Markup Language setup and instance settings information through Splunk Secure Gateway Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoints. The vulnerability is possible because the affected Security Assertion Markup Language setup and instance settings REST API endpoints do not enforce authorization requirements before returning configuration information.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76256?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Splunk Splunk, Splunk Splunk Secure Gateway.
How do I fix CVE-2026-76256?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76256 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-2026-76256 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76256 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-jj44-vwrx-g949.