CVE-2026-20254: Information Disclosure through External Content Restriction Bypass in Splunk Enterprise
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4, 10.0.7, 9.4.12, and 9.3.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.3.2512.13, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, and 9.3.2411.132, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could craft a malicious classic dashboard that exfiltrates sensitive data to an external server when a higher-privileged user views it, bypassing the external content restriction through a Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) injection.<br><br>The Trusted Domains security check does not fully validate inline style attribute values, which can allow for outbound requests to untrusted domains and credential exfiltration when a victim views a crafted dashboard.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N · CWE-20
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Splunk: Splunk Cloud PlatformSplunk: Splunk Enterprise
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0604 (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)