CVE-2025-20369
Oct. 2, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
4.6
Medium
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a low privilege user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform an extensible markup language (XML) external entity (XXE) injection through the dashboard tab label field. The XXE injection has the potential to cause denial of service (DoS) attacks.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Splunk |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-776
Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | splunk | splunk_enterprise | <9.4.4 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_enterprise | <9.3.6 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_enterprise | <9.2.8 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | <9.3.2411.108 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | <9.3.2408.118 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | <9.2.2406.123 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: LOW
- Availability Impact: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Timeline
Published: Oct. 1, 2025, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Last Modified: Oct. 2, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
Status : Awaiting Analysis
CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
More infoSource
psirt@cisco.com
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