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Splunk Enterprise had an unauthenticated RCE sitting in your security stack

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-20253· Critical 9.8

Exploited in the wild · KEV due 21 Jun 2026 · public detection template (Nuclei) : upgrade to 10.2.4 or 10.0.7 now.

Data as of 30 Oct 2026, 06:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.8Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
KEV deadline
 US federal agencies must patch by this date; a sensible deadline for everyone else. Other KEV due dates
Patch
Available – fixed in 10.2.4, 10.0.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

t = 0 is the CVE’s publication on cve.org

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jun 2026

  2. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  3. Exploited in the wild: evidence found.

    Listed in CISA KEV 8 days after disclosure

  4. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

Timeline

  1. CVE ID reserved

    by Cisco Systems, Inc.

    , 245 days before disclosure

  2. CVE published

    on cve.org

    , t = 0

  3. In Threat Radar

    record ingested

    , 1 hour after disclosure

  4. , 8 days after disclosure

  5. KEV remediation due

    US federal deadline

    , 11 days after disclosure

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), CISA KEV (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 29 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to 10.2.4 or 10.0.7.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
SplunkSplunk EnterpriseAffected
  • >=10.2 <10.2.4
Fixed in
  • 10.2.4
SplunkSplunk EnterpriseAffected
  • >=10.0 <10.0.7
Fixed in
  • 10.0.7

AI-suggested

A patch is available. Users should upgrade Splunk Enterprise to version 10.0.7 or later, or 10.2.4 or later, to remediate this vulnerability. Splunk Cloud customers are not affected and require no action. Immediate application of the official fixes is recommended to prevent exploitation.

Discussion

CVE-2026-20253 is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise affecting versions below 10.0.7 and 10.2.4. The flaw exists due to a lack of authentication on the PostgreSQL sidecar service endpoints, allowing any network-reachable attacker to perform arbitrary file operations and execute code remotely. Splunk Cloud is not affected. A patch is available and users are strongly advised to update to fixed versions.

r/cybersecurity (opens in a new tab)u/TrustSig0 points0 comments

CVE-2026-20253 is a critical flaw in Splunk Enterprise that allows unauthenticated remote code execution and arbitrary file operations. No credentials required. Affected versions are anything below 10.2.4 and 10.0.7.

The fun part is that Splunk is supposed to be your security monitoring tool. So if this is sitting unpatched on your network, an attacker could potentially pivot through the thing you rely on to detect attackers.

Patch is out. Check your versions.

https://thehackernews.com/2026/06/critical-splunk-enterprise-flaw-lets.html

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