CVE-2026-40087
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Splunk products. Some of them allow an attacker to cause arbitrary code execution remotely, privilege escalation and breach of data confidentiality.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Splunk products allow remote code execution, privilege escalation, and data confidentiality breach.
- Who is affected
- Organizations using various Splunk products across the portfolio.
- Urgency
- High priority; RCE and privilege escalation represent critical security risks with no indication of exploitation difficulty.
- Action
- Identify affected Splunk products and apply vendor patches for the eight CVEs listed.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.26% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 18% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in Splunk products (20 August 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-08-20
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