CVE-2026-76297 Federated Search Provider State Change through Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Splunk Web for Splunk Enterprise
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-76297?
CVE-2026-76297 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, published on 21 Oct 2026.
Official description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16, an unauthenticated user could trick a user that holds a role with the edit_federated_providers capability into turning off all federated search providers. Successful exploitation could temporarily prevent federated searches from retrieving data from remote datasets. The vulnerability is possible because the federated provider Representational State Transfer (REST) API accepts GET requests for actions that change provider state. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the affected user by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The unauthenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will. For more information see Run federated searches over remote Splunk platform deployments (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/search/federated-search/10.6/run-federated-searches-across-other-splunk-deployments/run-federated-searches-over-remote-splunk-platform-deployments) and Define roles on the Splunk platform with capabilities (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.4/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities) in the Splunk documentation.
Weakness: CWE-352
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-76297?
How do I fix CVE-2026-76297?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-76297 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-76297 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-76297 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-w44q-fq8p-j89w.