CVE-2026-20298 – Sensitive Information Disclosure through the storage/passwords REST Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise

CVE ID :CVE-2026-20298

Published : July 15, 2026, 5:18 p.m. | 15 minutes ago

Description :In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint through the `|rest` Search Processing Language (SPL) command.The exposure happens because the `|rest` SPL command returns the `encr_password` field in the results of the `/servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords` REST endpoint.

Severity: 5.3 | MEDIUM

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