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TI-2026-79051 Aliases CVE-2026-76529GHSA-gf4f-jqm3-pjp2

Improper protection of alternate path in Splunk SOAR

Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-424Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Splunk SOAR from 0 before 8.7.0 contains an improper protection of alternate path flaw, tracked as CWE-424, that Cisco found in an internal security review. The sources do not give the exact attack path, but the CVSS vector shows that an unauthenticated remote attacker can fully compromise confidentiality, integrity and availability with low complexity and no user interaction.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

Description from the CNA

As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76529 are related to improper protection of alternate path and are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-424.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0039 33rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Splunk SOAR (Splunk): 8.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
SplunkSplunk SOARbefore 8.7.08.7.0Patch availableCNA
  • Splunk SOAR VendorSplunk Affected before 8.7.0 Fixed in 8.7.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:splunk:soar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Splunk
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:soar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Splunk

Remediation

Upgrade Splunk SOAR to version 8.7.0 or later, which contains the fix.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-30

  • Fix · CNA Splunk SOAR (Splunk) Fixed in 8.7.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    Splunk SOAR 8.7.0

    15 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 8 MEDIUM, 7 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-79050 Protection mechanism failure in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-79049 Improper exception handling in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-79047 Improper resource lifetime control in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76529
  2. 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-gf4f-jqm3-pjp2
  3. 2026-10-30 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-10-30 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  5. 2026-10-30 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Other 1

  • 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
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Sources

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