CVE-2026-20166
Sensitive Information Disclosure in Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app for Splunk Enterprise
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 10.0.2503.12, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve the Observability Cloud API access token through the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app due to improper access control.
This vulnerability does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.9 and 9.3.10 because the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app does not come with Splunk Enterprise.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Sensitive Information Disclosure in Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app for Splunk Enterprise
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 10.0.2503.12, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve the Observability Cloud API access token through the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app due to improper access control.
This vulnerability does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.9 and 9.3.10 because the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app does not come with Splunk Enterprise.
- Record
CVE-2026-20166- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200, CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-11234
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 10.0.2503.12, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve the Observability Cloud API access token through the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app due to improper access control.
This vulnerability does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.9 and 9.3.10 because the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app does not come with Splunk Enterprise.
- Record
EUVD-2026-11234- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-phr8-q335-28xj
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below...
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 10.0.2503.12, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve the Observability Cloud API access token through the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app due to improper access control.
This vulnerability does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.9 and 9.3.10 because the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app does not come with Splunk Enterprise.
- Record
GHSA-phr8-q335-28xj- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.1 and 10.0.4, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.1.2507.16, and 10.0.2503.12, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could retrieve the Observability Cloud API access token through the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app due to improper access control.
This vulnerability does not affect Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.9 and 9.3.10 because the Discover Splunk Observability Cloud app does not come with Splunk Enterprise.
- Record
CVE-2026-20166- CVSS 3.1
- 5.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-200
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-20166 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.4) in Splunk, published March 11, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.18%, the 7th percentile. No source names a fixed version.