CVE-2025-20233: Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

In the Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions below 4.0.5, a script in the app used the chmod and makedirs Python functions in a way that resulted in overly broad read and execute permissions. This could lead to improper access control for a low-privileged user...

Splunk security vulnerabilities

Splunk is a suite of data collection and analysis software from Splunk, Inc. It is used to collect, index and analyze and the data it generates, including data generated by all IT systems and infrastructures physical, virtual machines and cloud. A security vulnerability exists in Splunk versions...

PT-2025-13017

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Splunk App for Lookup File Editing versions prior to 4.0.5 Description The issue is related to improper access control due to overly broad read and execute permissions. A script in the app used the chmod and makedirs Python functions in a way...

10 Unknown Security Pitfalls for Python

Python developers trust their applications to have a solid security state due to the use of standard libraries and common frameworks. However, within Python, just like in any other programming language, there are certain features that can be misleading or misused by developers. Often it is only a...