CVE-2025-20386 Incorrect permission assignment on Splunk Enterprise for Windows during new installation or upgrade

In Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Splunk Enterprise for Windows Installation directory. This lets non-administrator users on the machine...

PT-2025-48958

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions prior to 10.0.2 Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions prior to 9.4.6 Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions prior to 9.3.8 Splunk Enterprise for Windows versions prior to 9.2.10 Description A flaw exists...

CVE-2024-45731

Summary: CVE-2024-45731 affects Splunk Enterprise for Windows prior to 9.3.1, 9.2.3, and 9.1.6. A low-privileged user (not admin/power roles) could write a file to the Windows system root (default System32 location) when Splunk is installed on a separate drive. Root cause / impact: arbitrary file...

CVE-2023-40596 Splunk Enterprise on Windows Privilege Escalation due to Insecure OPENSSLDIR Build Definition Reference in DLL

In Splunk Enterprise versions earlier than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, a dynamic link library DLL that ships with Splunk Enterprise references an insecure path for the OPENSSLDIR build definition. An attacker can abuse this reference and subsequently install malicious code to achieve privilege...