What is CVE-2026-20137?
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.
The record classifies CVE-2026-20137 under weakness class CWE-200. Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs a user to take an action first. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 234 days ago.
Severity and exploitation probability
- CVSS v3.1 base score
- 3.5 — LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - EPSS (FIRST)
- 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.3% of all scored CVEs
- CISA KEV
- Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- Threadlinqs priority
- 2.3/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- Published
- 2026-02-18
Is CVE-2026-20137 being exploited?
It currently carries a trending score of 8 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.
Affected products and versions
- Splunk: Enterprise, Cloud Platform
How to fix CVE-2026-20137
No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-20137 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.
Threat activity tracking CVE-2026-20137
1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-20137, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.
Sources
Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on .