Vulnerability Details CVE-2025-20298
In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 11.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 8.0
Products affected by CVE-2025-20298
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.6
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.7
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.1.8
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder:9.4.1
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cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-