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title: "CVE-2026-76291: Splunk Enterprise - Broken Access Control"
description: "Splunk Enterprise < 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by missing SPL safeguards in scheduled searches, letting users with schedule_search capability disclose, alter data or disrupt availability, exploit requires schedule_search capability."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-76291/
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# CVE-2026-76291 Splunk Enterprise - Broken Access Control

Splunk Enterprise < 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, and 9.4.16 contains a broken access control vulnerability caused by missing SPL safeguards in scheduled searches, letting users with schedule\_search capability disclose, alter data or disrupt availability, exploit requires schedule\_search capability.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76291)

## Details

Type

Broken Access Control

Impact

Information Disclosure, Data Tampering, Denial Of Service

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

21 October 2026

Updated

22 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-284](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/284.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to versions 10.4.4, 10.2.8, 10.0.11, 9.4.16 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76291](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76291)
- [https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1007](https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-1007)

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- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
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