Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-20240
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 17.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 6.5
Products affected by CVE-2026-20240
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*
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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: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:10.0.2503.11
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.12
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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:10.0.2503.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.7
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.0.2503.8
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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:10.1.2507.10
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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:10.1.2507.15
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.16
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.17
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.19
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.20
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.1.2507.8
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.10
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.7
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.2.2510.9
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.3.2512
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.3.2512.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.3.2512.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:10.4.2603
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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:9.3.2411.112
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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:9.3.2411.117
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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
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.123
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.124
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:9.3.2411.127