Credential disclosure via unrestricted conf-passwords endpoint
Published Mar 11, 2026 · Updated Mar 11, 2026
Improper access control in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform allows remote authenticated users to disclose stored credentials. The conf-passwords REST endpoint fails to enforce the admin or power role requirement and returns hashed or plaintext values from passwords.conf. Any low-privileged account without either role can retrieve credentials over the network, with no reported ability to modify data or interrupt service.
Summary
What happened
Improper access control in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform allows remote authenticated users to disclose stored credentials. The conf-passwords REST endpoint fails to enforce the admin or power role requirement and returns hashed or plaintext values from passwords.conf. Any low-privileged account without either role can retrieve credentials over the network, with no reported ability to modify data or interrupt service.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-20164
- Published
- Mar 11, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2026
- Vendor
- Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
- Product
- Splunk Enterprise
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1555
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Mar 11, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=9.3 <9.3.10
- Affected versionversion=9.4 <9.4.9
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