CVE-2025-20370
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Unknown - Not Provided
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-10-01
Last updated on: 2025-10-08
Assigner: Cisco Systems, Inc.
Description
Description
In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.0.1, 9.4.4, 9.3.6, and 9.2.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.108, 9.3.2408.118 and 9.2.2406.123, a user who holds a role that contains the high-privilege capability `change_authentication`, could send multiple LDAP bind requests to a specific internal endpoint, resulting in high server CPU usage, which could potentially lead to a denial of service (DoS) until the Splunk Enterprise instance is restarted. See https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.0/manage-splunk-platform-users-and-roles/define-roles-on-the-splunk-platform-with-capabilities and https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/administer/manage-users-and-security/10.0/use-ldap-as-an-authentication-scheme/configure-ldap-with-splunk-web#cfe47e31_007f_460d_8b3d_8505ffc3f0dd__Configure_LDAP_with_Splunk_Web for more information.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| splunk | splunk | From 9.2.0 (inc) to 9.2.8 (exc) |
| splunk | splunk | From 9.3.0 (inc) to 9.3.6 (exc) |
| splunk | splunk | From 9.4.0 (inc) to 9.4.4 (exc) |
| splunk | splunk | 10.0.0 |
| splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | From 9.2.2406 (inc) to 9.2.2406.123 (exc) |
| splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | From 9.3.2408 (inc) to 9.3.2408.118 (exc) |
| splunk | splunk_cloud_platform | From 9.3.2411 (inc) to 9.3.2411.108 (exc) |
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Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-770 | The product allocates a reusable resource or group of resources on behalf of an actor without imposing any intended restrictions on the size or number of resources that can be allocated. |
| CWE-400 | The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource. |
