High [CVE-2026-76338] Improper Authentication through REST API Distributed Search Token Requests in Splunk Enterprise
This high-severity Splunk advisory covers CVE-2026-76338 affecting Splunk Enterprise.
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Summary
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, and 9.4.14, an unauthenticated user who has access to a trusted distributed search private key could forge an administrative session token, access all relevant data, affect system integrity, and disrupt service availability.
The vulnerability is possible because the distributed search authentication token endpoint does not require a signed request to identify a configured search peer, allowing the request to fall back to shared local key material. For more information see About distributed search ( ) and authentication.conf ( ) in Splunk documentation.
- Splunk Enterprise 10.4 before 10.4.2
- Splunk Enterprise 10.2 before 10.2.6
- Splunk Enterprise 10.0 before 10.0.9
- Splunk Enterprise 9.4 before 9.4.14
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- 10.4.2
- 10.2.6
- 10.0.9
- 9.4.14
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 10.4.2, 10.2.6, 10.0.9, 9.4.14. 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.
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