Log Injection through HTTP Request Paths in Splunk SOAR
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In Splunk SOAR (Security Orchestration, Automation, and Response) versions below 8.5.0, an unauthenticated attacker could inject American National Standards Institute (ANSI) escape codes into SOAR application log files through specially crafted HTTP request paths, which a terminal emulator might interpret when an administrator views the logs.<br><br>The injection is possible because SOAR does not strip control characters from HTTP request paths before writing them to application logs.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Splunk SOAR (Splunk) Fixed in 8.5.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-20260
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7m5m-884p-fv5r
References
More Splunk vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-16444 Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Creation and Truncation in a PostgreSQL Sidecar Service Endpoint in Splunk Enterprise KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2014-00154 The (1) TLS and (2) DTLS implementations in OpenSSL 1.0.1 before 1.0.1g do not properly… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-24841 Remote code execution (RCE) in Splunk Enterprise through Insecure XML Parsing CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12257 Injection in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13930 Information disclosure in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-13917 Incorrect default permissions in https://github.com/curl/curl CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-20260 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-20260 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7m5m-884p-fv5r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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