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TI-2026-79053 Aliases CVE-2026-76531GHSA-prj9-h2w8-2p78

Files accessible to external parties in Splunk SOAR

Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-552Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-552.

Summary

Splunk SOAR versions before 8.7.0 are affected. Cisco's internal security review found that some files or directories are accessible to external parties (CWE-552). A remote attacker with low privileges can affect resources beyond their own scope, with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

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-2026-76531 are related to files or directories accessible to external parties and are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-552.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00407 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Splunk SOAR (Splunk): 8.7.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
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 8.7.0, the fixed version.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

  • 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-2026-79051 Improper protection of alternate path in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-79050 Protection mechanism failure in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
    • TI-2026-79049 Improper exception handling in Splunk SOARPriority MEDIUM 49
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-21 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-76531
  2. 2026-10-22 Alias added: GHSA-prj9-h2w8-2p78
  3. 2026-10-22 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-10-22 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  5. 2026-10-22 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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