DoS via Path Traversal in Splunk Enterprise <9.4.3 (Views conf)
CVE-2025-20320 Published on July 7, 2025

Denial of Service (DoS) through “User Interface - Views“ configuration page in Splunk Enterprise
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.3, 9.3.5, 9.2.7 and 9.1.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.107, 9.3.2408.117, and 9.2.2406.121, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could craft a malicious payload through the `User Interface - Views` configuration page that could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS).The user could cause the DoS by exploiting a path traversal vulnerability that allows for deletion of arbitrary files within a Splunk directory. The vulnerability requires the low-privileged user to phish the administrator-level victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.

NVD

Weakness Type

Path Traversal: '.../...//'

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-20320

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Affected Versions

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.10%
Percentile
27.66%

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