CVE-2026-76268

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Published: 07 Oct 2026, 20:46
Last modified:07 Oct 2026, 20:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.8 CRITICAL
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

07 Oct 2026, 20:46
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3 and 10.2.7, an unauthenticated user with network access to the Patroni Representational State Transfer (REST) Application Programming Interface (API) on a search head cluster member could execute attacker-controlled operating-system commands. The vulnerability is possible because this interface does not require authentication for critical configuration operations. For more information see Sidecar configuration settings (https://help.splunk.com/en/data-management/splunk-enterprise-admin-manual/10.2/splunk-sidecars/sidecar-configuration-settings) in the Splunk documentation. Splunk Enterprise versions 10.0.x and 9.4.x are not affected.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•CRITICAL•Score: 9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-306•Missing Authentication for Critical Function

    The product does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.

Affected Systems

  • splunk•splunk enterprise

    ≥ 10.4, < 10.4.3 | ≥ 10.2, < 10.2.7

References (1)