# CVE-2026-76265 — Splunk Enterprise

> As of 2026-10-09, CVE-2026-76265 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise, CVSS v3.1 6.5, EPSS 0.2% (13.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2026-76265, most recently “Splunk Enterprise and Secure Gateway: 22 vulnerabilities patched (SVD-2026-1001/1002), including critical CVE-2026-76268 (Patroni REST API missing authentication, CVSS 9.8) and CVE-2026-76281 (listed 9.8 in advisory)”.

**Last updated:** 2026-10-09

## What is CVE-2026-76265?

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, and 9.4.15, and Splunk Secure Gateway versions below 3.10.11, 3.9.25, and 3.8.72, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could access privileged Splunk Secure Gateway functionality. With this access, the user could cause Splunk Secure Gateway to sign attacker-controlled payloads. The vulnerability is possible because multiple Splunk Secure Gateway Representational State Transfer (REST) API endpoints do not enforce authorization requirements before processing requests.

The record classifies CVE-2026-76265 under weakness class [CWE-284](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-284). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality. 2 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 3 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 6.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.8/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2026-10-07, last modified 2026-10-09

## Is CVE-2026-76265 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 38 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- [Splunk](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/vendors/splunk): Enterprise, Secure Gateway

## How to fix CVE-2026-76265

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2026-76265 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-2026-76265

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2026-76265, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [Splunk Enterprise and Secure Gateway: 22 vulnerabilities patched (SVD-2026-1001/1002), including critical CVE-2026-76268 (Patroni REST API missing authentication, CVSS 9.8) and CVE-2026-76281 (listed 9.8 in advisory)](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-3110) — CRITICAL · 2026-10-09

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Other references**

- [advisory.splunk.com](https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2026-76265
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2026-76265 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp