Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.2, 10.0.5, 9.4.11, and 9.3.12, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.4.2603.1, 10.3.2512.9, 10.2.2510.11, 10.1.2507.21, 10.0.2503.13, and 9.3.2411.129, a low-privileged user that does not hold the ‘admin’ or ‘power’ Splunk roles could cause a Denial of Service by exploiting the `coldToFrozen.sh` script in the `splunk_archiver` app to rename critical Splunk directories, making the instance non-functional.<br><br>The Denial of Service is possible because of missing input validation in the `coldToFrozen.sh` script, which accepts arbitrary file paths and renames them without restricting operations to safe directories.
CVSS breakdown
CVSS 3.1
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Affected products
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform9.3.2411 – 9.3.2411.129
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.3.2512 – 10.3.2512.9
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.2.2510 – 10.2.2510.11
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.1.2507 – 10.1.2507.21
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.0.2503 – 10.0.2503.13
- Splunk / Splunk Cloud Platform10.4.2603 – 10.4.2603.1
- Splunk / Splunk Enterprise10.0 – 10.0.5
- Splunk / Splunk Enterprise9.4 – 9.4.11
- Splunk / Splunk Enterprise9.3 – 9.3.12
- Splunk / Splunk Enterprise10.2 – 10.2.2
References
- VENDOR_ADVISORYhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0504