{"id":"CVE-2026-20238","aliases":["EUVD-2026-31140","GHSA-7rq8-f887-2r5g"],"status":"published","title":"Improper Access Control through Role Inheritance in Splunk AI Toolkit app","description":"In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 5.7.3, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles could access confidential data that was restricted through `srchFilter` configurations on custom roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe app contains an `authorize.conf` configuration file with a `srchFilter` entry that modifies the built-in ‘user’ role. Because the Splunk platform combines inherited search filters with the `OR` SPL operator, the injected filter overrides more restrictive filters on child roles.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.0032,"percentile":0.25332,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"published":"2026-05-20T16:32:19Z","modified":"2026-07-23T12:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"splunk","product":"ai_toolkit"},{"vendor":"splunk","product":"splunk ai toolkit"}],"references":[{"url":"https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0502","tags":["Mitigation","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20238"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7rq8-f887-2r5g"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-20238","title":"Improper Access Control through Role Inheritance in Splunk AI Toolkit app","description":"In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 5.7.3, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles could access confidential data that was restricted through `srchFilter` configurations on custom roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe app contains an `authorize.conf` configuration file with a `srchFilter` entry that modifies the built-in ‘user’ role. Because the Splunk platform combines inherited search filters with the `OR` SPL operator, the injected filter overrides more restrictive filters on child roles.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-20T16:32:19.74Z","modified":"2026-05-20T17:48:46.704Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:35:44.571002Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-31140","description":"In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 5.7.3, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles could access confidential data that was restricted through `srchFilter` configurations on custom roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe app contains an `authorize.conf` configuration file with a `srchFilter` entry that modifies the built-in ‘user’ role. 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Because the Splunk platform combines inherited search filters with the `OR` SPL operator, the injected filter overrides more restrictive filters on child roles.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-20T18:31:36Z","modified":"2026-05-20T18:31:43Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:08:13.87243Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-20238","description":"In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 5.7.3, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' roles could access confidential data that was restricted through `srchFilter` configurations on custom roles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe app contains an `authorize.conf` configuration file with a `srchFilter` entry that modifies the built-in ‘user’ role. Because the Splunk platform combines inherited search filters with the `OR` SPL operator, the injected filter overrides more restrictive filters on child roles.","status":"published","published":"2026-05-20T18:16:26.393Z","modified":"2026-07-23T12:10:00.11Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:19.752984Z"}]}}