CVE-2025-20231

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

CVSS v3.0 5.7 MEDIUM

5.7^/10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0302	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.0::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_secure_gateway::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_secure_gateway::::::::

History

21 Jul 2025, 20:48

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~7.1~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 5.7
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk_secure_gateway:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:::::enterprise:::* cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk:9.4.0::::enterprise:::
References	~~() https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0302 -~~	() https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0302 - Vendor Advisory
First Time		Splunk Splunk splunk Secure Gateway Splunk splunk

26 Mar 2025, 22:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-03-26 22:15

Updated : 2025-07-21 20:48

NVD link : CVE-2025-20231

Mitre link : CVE-2025-20231

JSON object : View

Products Affected

splunk

splunk
splunk_secure_gateway

CWE

CWE-532

Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

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