Medium severity · published Mar 26, 2025
CVE-2025-20231
Sensitive Information Disclosure in Splunk Secure Gateway App
5.7
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.1, 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and versions below 3.8.38 and 3.7.23 of the Splunk Secure Gateway app on Splunk Cloud Platform, a low-privileged user that does not hold the “admin“ or “power“ Splunk roles could run a search using the permissions of a higher-privileged user that could lead to disclosure of sensitive information.<br><br>The vulnerability requires the attacker to phish the victim by tricking them into initiating a request within their browser. The authenticated low-privileged user should not be able to exploit the vulnerability at will.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SE
Splunk Enterprise · Splunk
9.4 before 9.4.1; 9.3 before 9.3.3; 9.2 before 9.2.5; 9.1 before 9.1.8 · source: vendor
SS
Splunk Secure Gateway · Splunk
3.8 before 3.8.38; 3.7 before 3.7.23 · source: vendor, NVD
SP
Splunk · Splunk
9.1.0 before 9.1.8; 9.2.0 before 9.2.5; 9.3.0 before 9.3.3; 9.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-20231
Vendor Advisory
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0302
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