CVE detail
CVE-2026-20240
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 0
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 0
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
1 source links · newest first
- https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0504advisory.splunk.com
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Vendor Advisoryadvisory.splunk.comMay 20, 2026, 6:16 PM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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