CVE-2025-20370
Oct. 2, 2025, 7:11 p.m.
4.9
Medium
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.1, 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 user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `change_authentication`, could send multiple LDAP bind requests to a specific internal endpoint, resulting in high server CPU usage, which could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS) until the Splunk Enterprise instance is restarted. See https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.0/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities and https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.0/use-ldap-as-an-authentication-scheme/configure-ldap-with-splunk-web#cfe47e31_007f_460d_8b3d_8505ffc3f0dd__Configure_LDAP_with_Splunk_Web for more information.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Splunk |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
*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 | <10.0.1 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| 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 | / | <9.3.2411.108 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_cloud | / | <9.3.2408.118 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| a | splunk | splunk_cloud | / | <9.2.2406.123 | / | / | / | / | / | / |
Tags
CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: HIGH
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: NONE
- Integrity Impact: NONE
- Availability Impact: HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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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