Cyber Resilience

CVE-2026-20144

Info Disclosure in Splunk 9.2.0 – 9.2.11

Published
18 February 2026
Modified
23 February 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 6.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0036 29th percentile
Risk Priority 45 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2026-20144 is a medium-severity Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File (CWE-532) vulnerability in Splunk Splunk. Its CVSS base score is 6.8 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Credentials In Files (T1552.001); ranked at the 29th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-6 (Least Privilege) and AU-9 (Protection of Audit Information) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.2, 9.4.7, 9.3.8, and 9.2.11, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.0, 10.1.2507.11, 10.0.2503.9, and 9.3.2411.120, a user of a Splunk Search Head Cluster (SHC) deployment who holds a role with access to the…

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the Splunk _internal index could view the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML) configurations for Attribute query requests (AQRs) or Authentication extensions in plain text within the conf.log file, depending on which feature is configured.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
Why these techniques?

CWE-532 exposure of sensitive SAML config (likely including credentials) in conf.log enables reading unsecured credentials from a file.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

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Affected Assets

splunk
splunk
9.2.0 — 9.2.11 · 9.3.0 — 9.3.8 · 9.4.0 — 9.4.7
splunk
splunk cloud platform
9.3.2411 — 9.3.2411.120 · 10.0.2503 — 10.0.2503.9 · 10.1.2507 — 10.1.2507.11

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)
  • AU-9 Protection of Audit Information
  • AC-6 Least Privilege
  • AC-3 Access Enforcement
Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)

Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

prevent

Directly protects log files such as conf.log from unauthorized read access by users who can query the _internal index.

prevent

Enforces least-privilege restrictions so that only necessary roles can access the _internal index containing SAML plaintext configuration.

prevent

Enforces access-control policy on the _internal index to block retrieval of sensitive SAML AQR/AuthN-extension data.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prohibit writing sensitive data to logs; eliminating the weakness satisfies only one narrow slice of the control.

PR.PS-04 partial match
prevents

Log generation configuration can and should exclude sensitive data, but the control statement focuses on availability rather than content filtering.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.15 Logging mostly match
prevents

Requiring de-identification and privacy controls before logs leave the organization reduces the chance that sensitive data inadvertently captured in logs becomes exposed to external parties.

mitigates

By defining what records must be kept, where, and for how long, the control discourages the inadvertent inclusion of sensitive information in logs or other externally accessible files that fall outside the formal record system.

mitigates

Mandating deletion of temporary files and logs that may contain sensitive information prevents those artifacts from remaining accessible after the data is no longer needed.

A.8.11 Data masking partial match
mitigates

When log entries are produced from masked data sets, the control prevents the inadvertent insertion of sensitive values into externally accessible log files.

mitigates

DLP inspection of logs and file transfers can detect and block the inadvertent placement of sensitive tokens or credentials into externally accessible log files before they are written or transmitted.

prevents

Requiring restrictions on free-text fields and proper error-message handling stops developers from embedding or leaking sensitive data into logs or diagnostic output.

References