Security Resilience

CVE-2026-76284

Splunk 9.4.0 – 9.4.15

Published
07 October 2026
Modified
13 October 2026
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0033 24th percentile
Risk Priority 70 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2026-76284 is a critical-severity Improper Neutralization (CWE-707) vulnerability in Splunk Splunk. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked at the 24th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Improper Neutralization. Splunk addressed multiple internally identified vulnerabilities in Splunk Enterprise versions 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, and 9.4.15. The vulnerabilities are grouped by Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE), with one Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifier assigned to each group. See Details…

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CWE(s)

Related Threats

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Affected Assets

splunk
splunk
9.4.0 — 9.4.15 · 10.0.0 — 10.0.10 · 10.2.0 — 10.2.7

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-707

Enforces use of documented standards and tool configurations that address proper neutralization of inputs/outputs during development.

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.

blocks

A.8.25 mandates secure SDLC practices (secure coding guidelines, security requirements, checkpoints, testing, developer training) that reach improper neutralization in the design/coding/testing phases, but leaves a bounded remainder (e.g. incomplete enforcement of guidelines, outsourced development without full assurance, or post-release changes) where the weakness can still be introduced and exploited.

blocks

Application security requirements explicitly call for data validation and sanitization controls addressing neutralization weaknesses.

blocks

A.8.27 mandates security-by-design principles (e.g. distrust external input, data validation/sanitization, defense-in-depth, secure architecture reviews) that reach a minority slice of improper neutralization cases but leave most instances (implementation bugs, incomplete coverage of parsers/protocols, post-design defects) unaddressed.

prevents

Secure coding standards directly require proper neutralization of inputs and outputs, eliminating CWE-707.

finds

Security testing can detect neutralization flaws but does not itself implement the required controls.

Hardening callouts derived

DISA STIG baselines are authored against specific weaknesses. Where this CVE cites a broad weakness class, the mapping is not asserted at that abstraction (owner ruling, 2026-09-25: grade only at Base and below), so no rule is shown here rather than a rule shown against the wrong grain.

  • No fine-grained STIG row for CWE-707, a pillar-level weakness, and none of its children carries one either.

References