Splunk Enterprise is widely deployed; this flaw lets scheduled-search roles bypass safeguards to exfiltrate/modify data or disrupt availability, impacting many organizations.
CVE-2026-76291
Scheduled-search users can bypass SPL safeguards and run risky commands.
Is CVE-2026-76291 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-76291 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.41% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-76291?
CVE-2026-76291 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.8. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-76291?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-76291. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-76291 affect?
CVE-2026-76291 affects Splunk Enterprise <10.4.4, Splunk Enterprise <10.2.8, Splunk Enterprise <10.0.11, Splunk Enterprise <9.4.16, and 1 further product or version. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-76291?
Upgrade to fixed Splunk versions or apply vendor mitigations immediately.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Scheduled-search roles can execute risky SPL to disclose or modify Splunk data or disrupt Splunk availability.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 10.4 and < 10.4.4
- affected>= 10.2 and < 10.2.8
- affected>= 10.0 and < 10.0.11
- affected>= 9.4 and < 9.4.16
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.