Cisco Improper Access Control (CWE-284) in Unknown Product
CVE-2026-76299 Published on October 21, 2026
Security Hardening in Splunk Enterprise - October 2026
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76299 are related to improper access control and are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-284.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-76299 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an Authorization Vulnerability?
The software does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.
CVE-2026-76299 has been classified to as an Authorization vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-76299
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Affected Versions
Splunk Enterprise:- Version 10.4 and below 10.4.4 is affected.
- Version 10.2 and below 10.2.8 is affected.
- Version 10.0 and below 10.0.11 is affected.
- Version 9.4 and below 9.4.16 is affected.