High [CVE-2026-76396] Improper Access Control through Scheduled Searches in Splunk AI Toolkit
This high-severity Splunk advisory covers CVE-2026-76396 affecting Splunk AI Toolkit.
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Summary
In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 6.0.0, a user that holds a role with the schedule_search capability could cause a scheduled search to load and deserialize a model file through the apply search command. The improper access control is possible because Splunk AI Toolkit does not mark the apply search command as risky.
For more information see Troubleshoot the AI Toolkit ( ) in the Splunk documentation.
- Splunk AI Toolkit 5.7 before 6.0.0
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Mitigation checklist
- In Splunk AI Toolkit versions below 6.0.0, a user that holds a role with the schedule_search capability could cause a scheduled search to load and deserialize a model file through the apply search command.
- The improper access control is possible because Splunk AI Toolkit does not mark the apply search command as risky.
- For more information see Troubleshoot the AI Toolkit (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/apply-machine-learning/use-ai-toolkit/5.7.3/troubleshooting-the-ai-toolkit/troubleshoot-the-ai-toolkit) in the Splunk documentation.
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