CVE-2026-20254 | Information Disclosure through External Content Restriction Bypass in Splunk Enterprise

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.

Published: 2026-06-10 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-20254 is rated Low Risk (28.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-20254

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-16 0.25% 0.25% -0.01%
2 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.25% +0.21%
3 2026-06-11 0.04%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-20254

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.7 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
2.1 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-20254

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-20254

GHSA-c58f-cc4q-2mvj · Severity: medium — In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4, 10.0.7, 9.4.12, and 9.3.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform...

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-20254

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
splunk splunk >= 9.3.0, < 9.3.13 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
splunk splunk >= 9.4.0, < 9.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
splunk splunk >= 10.0.0, < 10.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
splunk splunk >= 10.2.0, < 10.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
splunk splunk_cloud_platform >= 9.3.2411, < 9.3.2411.132 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk splunk_cloud_platform >= 10.1.2507, < 10.1.2507.23 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk splunk_cloud_platform >= 10.2.2510, < 10.2.2510.15 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
splunk splunk_cloud_platform >= 10.3.2512, < 10.3.2512.13 cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_cloud_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-20254

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