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Vendor Solution
Upgrade Splunk Enterprise to versions 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, and 9.4.15, or higher.
Vendor Workaround
If upgrading to a fixed version is not possible, remove the `run_collect` capability from every role that does not have access to internal indexes. For more information see [Define roles on the Splunk platform with capabilities](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.4/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities) in the Splunk documentation.
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| Link | Providers |
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| https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1001 |
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Wed, 07 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.3, 10.2.7, 10.0.10, and 9.4.15, a user that holds a role with the run_collect capability could use the collect Search Processing Language (SPL) command to write events to internal indexes outside the index access configured for the role. The vulnerability is possible because Splunk Enterprise does not normalize whitespace in an index name before applying configured index-access restrictions for the role. For more information see collect (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/search/spl-search-reference/10.4/search-commands/collect), Define roles on the Splunk platform with capabilities (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.4/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities), and How indexing works (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-indexers-and-indexer-clusters/10.4/indexing-overview/how-indexing-works) in the Splunk documentation. | |
| Title | Improper Input Validation of Index Names through the collect Command in Splunk Enterprise | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-07T20:46:36.840Z
Reserved: 2026-08-19T12:02:03.621Z
Link: CVE-2026-76279
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-07T21:17:19.180
Modified: 2026-10-07T21:17:19.180
Link: CVE-2026-76279
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CWE-20
Improper Input Validation