In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.

Project Subscriptions

Vendors Products
Splunk Cloud Platform Subscribe
Splunk Enterprise Subscribe
Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 12 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Splunk
Splunk splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk splunk Enterprise
Vendors & Products Splunk
Splunk splunk Cloud Platform
Splunk splunk Enterprise

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.0, 10.0.4, 9.4.9, and 9.3.10, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.2.2510.5, 10.0.2503.12, 10.1.2507.16, and 9.3.2411.124, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `edit_cmd` could execute arbitrary shell commands using the `unarchive_cmd` parameter for the `/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview` REST endpoint.
Title Remote Command Execution (RCE) through the '/splunkd/__upload/indexing/preview' REST endpoint in Splunk Enterprise
Weaknesses CWE-77
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Projects

Sign in to view the affected projects.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: cisco

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-12T13:23:31.857Z

Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.389Z

Link: CVE-2026-20163

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-12T13:23:28.580Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-11T17:16:56.607

Modified: 2026-03-12T21:08:22.643

Link: CVE-2026-20163

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-12T09:57:57Z

Weaknesses