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CVE-2026-76298

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.4 and 10.2.8, a user who does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could derive the PostgreSQL sidecar database superuser password and run arbitrary operating system commands as the user account running Splunk Enterprise on search head cluster members. The vulnerability is possible because the PostgreSQL sidecar service derives a privileged…

Severity
High 8.8
Published
21 Oct 2026
Last changed
30 Oct 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
10.2.8, 10.4.4
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Splunk EnterpriseServers and applications · cpe:a:splunk:splunk
  • From 10.2.0 before 10.2.8
  • From 10.4.0 before 10.4.4

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76298
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-76298