01 Record
CVE-2026-76403
Improper Certificate Validation through HTTP Event Collector Kerberos Authentication in Splunk Connect for Kafka
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: cisco
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
02 Description
Improper Certificate Validation through HTTP Event Collector Kerberos Authentication in Splunk Connect for Kafka
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
- 0.24% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 15.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-24.
- 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
- 2026-08-20 15:26Z2 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-19
- Assigning CNA
- cisco
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- c8233d6878dbc48ed4ee7ec3cd6a81c0e223ed4fab43c3c3b7e5cac826738852
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- advisory.splunk.comhttps://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0808
07 Remediation
Upgrade each affected Splunk app or add-on to the applicable fixed version listed in Product Status.