Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-20162
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.3, 9.4.9, and 9.3.9, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.4, 10.1.2507.15, 10.0.2503.11, and 9.3.2411.123, a low-privileged user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload when creating a View (Settings - User Interface - Views) at the `/manager/launcher/data/ui/views/_new` endpoint leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through a path traversal vulnerability. This could result in execution of unauthorized JavaScript code in the browser of a user.
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.7%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.3
Products affected by CVE-2026-20162
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:10.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:10.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:10.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.7
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.10
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.9
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.11
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.12
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.102
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.103
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.104
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.107
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.108
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.109
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.111
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.116
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.120
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.121