Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-20163
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.001
EPSS Ranking 22.0%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.2
Products affected by CVE-2026-20163
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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