# CVE-2025-20379: Risky command safeguards bypass using the “/services/streams/search“ REST endpoint through “q“ parameter in Splunk Enterprise

> CVE-2025-20379: Risky command safeguards bypass using the “/services/streams/search“ REST endpoint through “q“ parameter in Splunk Enterprise. CVSS 3.5 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20379
Last updated: 2026-10-18T20:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-11-12 17:23 UTC · Updated: 2026-10-18 20:10 UTC · Assigner: cisco
- CVSS: 3.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Low · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 0.30%, 23th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-200

## Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.1, 9.4.5, 9.3.7, and 9.2.9 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.116, 9.3.2408.124, 10.0.2503.5 and 10.1.2507.1, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a saved search with a risky command using the permissions of a higher-privileged user to bypass the SPL safeguards for risky commands. They could bypass these safeguards on the “/services/streams/search“ endpoint through its “q“ parameter by circumventing endpoint restrictions using character encoding in the REST path. The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

## Affected vendors and products

- Splunk: Splunk Cloud Platform
- Splunk: Splunk Enterprise

## Tracked companies

- [Splunk](https://rewindex.com/company/splunk.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20379)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20379)
- [https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1102](https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1102)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20379 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2025-20379.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2025-20379 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T03:12:44.085Z