Exploitation timeline
Threadlinqs has recorded 33 Splunk CVEs published between and . The busiest month was 2026-10 (23 new CVEs). 2 of them (6%) are listed in CISA KEV, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed.
Most exploited vulnerabilities
Ranked with CISA KEV listings first, then EPSS exploit probability, then CVSS score. Showing 33 of 33 tracked Splunk CVEs.
- CVE-2026-20253critical 9.8KEVEPSS 88.2%
- CVE-2026-20265critical 9.8KEVEPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-20251high 8.8EPSS 32.2%
- CVE-2026-20139medium 4.3EPSS 5.2%
- CVE-2026-20266critical 9.1EPSS 0.6%
- CVE-2026-76268critical 9.8EPSS 0.4%
- CVE-2026-20138medium 6.8EPSS 0.3%
- CVE-2026-76282high 8.8EPSS 0.3%
- CVE-2026-76271medium 6.5EPSS 0.3%
- CVE-2026-76274medium 6.5EPSS 0.3%
- CVE-2026-76270medium 6.5EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-20137low 3.5EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76265medium 6.5EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76269medium 6.5EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76281medium 5.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76275medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76283high 7.6EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76277medium 4.1EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76276medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76286medium 5.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76264medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76280medium 6.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76272medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76267medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76273medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76279medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76278medium 4.3EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76284EPSS 0.2%
- CVE-2026-76285EPSS 0.1%
- CVE-2026-76266high 7.7EPSS 0.1%
- CVE-2026-20296high 8.3
- CVE-2026-20297high 7.2
- CVE-2026-20298medium 5.3
Products affected
Threadlinqs normalises CPE and CNA product records across all 33 CVEs; 5 distinct Splunk products are affected. The most frequently affected:
- Enterprise 30 CVEs
- Cloud Platform 6 CVEs
- Secure Gateway 4 CVEs
- AI Toolkit 2 CVEs
- MCP Server 1 CVE
Threat activity
9 tracked threat campaigns reference Splunk products or exploit Splunk CVEs:
- 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)CRITICAL
- SonicWall SMA1000 Pre-Auth SSRF (CVE-2026-102255, CVSS 10.0) and Critical Splunk Enterprise Vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-76268, CVE-2026-76281, CVE-2026-76284) PatchedCRITICAL
- Multiple Splunk Enterprise Vulnerabilities Enable Path Traversal and Information Disclosure (CVE-2026-20296, CVE-2026-20297, CVE-2026-20298)HIGH
- CVE-2026-20251: Splunk Secure Gateway jsonpickle Deserialization RCE with Public PoCHIGH
- Splunk AI Toolkit OS Command Injection in btool Configuration Helper (CVE-2026-20266)CRITICAL
- CVE-2026-20253: Unauthenticated Pre-Auth RCE in Splunk Enterprise PostgreSQL Sidecar Service (SVD-2026-0603)CRITICAL
- CVE-2026-20253: Critical Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in Splunk Enterprise via PostgreSQL Sidecar ServiceCRITICAL
- Cisco Webex Services Critical Improper Certificate Validation Flaw (CVE-2026-20184) Enables Man-in-the-Middle Against Cloud Meeting TrafficCRITICAL
- Interlock Ransomware Exploits Cisco FMC Zero-Day (CVE-2026-20265) Amid March 2026 CVE SurgeCRITICAL
Threat actors targeting Splunk
Named threat actors attributed to campaigns that involve Splunk products or CVEs, with the number of linked campaigns:
How to prioritise Splunk patching
This order follows the data Threadlinqs holds for Splunk, not a generic severity checklist:
- 2 of 33 Splunk CVEs (6%) are in CISA KEV: treat them as actively exploited and remediate them first, starting with CVE-2026-20253, CVE-2026-20265.
- Outside KEV, the highest EPSS scores are CVE-2026-20251 (32.2%), CVE-2026-20139 (5.2%), CVE-2026-20266 (0.6%).
- 4 CVEs score Critical and 6 High on CVSS v3 (maximum 9.8, average 6.3); sequence these after KEV and high-EPSS items.
- 2 CVEs have a public exploit or proof of concept recorded, which shortens the time from disclosure to attack.
About this data
Vendor attribution comes from the CNA and CPE product records of each CVE, folded to one vendor name; CVSS, EPSS and KEV status are read from the Threadlinqs CVE catalog; campaign and actor links come from tracked threat records. Counts reflect the data as of 2026-10-10 and refresh daily.