01 Record
CVE-2026-76388
Privilege Escalation through Search Macro Permissions in Splunk Enterprise Security
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score8.1 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Privilege Escalation through Search Macro Permissions in Splunk Enterprise Security
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-25.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-19 21:35Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-08-21 03:55Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.1)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- ca800d52d30b1c6ce8cacc61dfe0e6174e59b9235286f8cafbc0661904788e71
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- advisory.splunk.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0807
07 Remediation
Upgrade Splunk Enterprise Security to 8.6.1 or higher.