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Medium [CVE-2022-26070] Splunk Enterprise: When handling a mismatched pre-authentication cookie, the application leaks the internal error message in the response

This medium-severity Splunk advisory covers CVE-2022-26070 affecting Splunk Enterprise.

CVE-2022-26070 Published May 6, 2022Updated by vendor Jun 17, 2026
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Summary

When handling a mismatched pre-authentication cookie, the application leaks the internal error message in the response, which contains the Splunk Enterprise local system path. The vulnerability impacts Splunk Enterprise versions before 8.1.0.

Affected versions
  • 8.1.0

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Fixed versions
  • 8.1.0

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

Mitigation

Upgrade to a fixed release: 8.1.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.

The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.

Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source

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