In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4, 10.0.7, 9.4.12, and 9.3.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.3.2512.13, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, and 9.3.2411.132, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could cause data exfiltration through classic dashboards by redirecting a victim to an external site using a protocol-relative URL in a drill-down link.<br><br>The vulnerability exists because the URL classifier in classic dashboards only recognizes `http://` and `https://` schemes when checking for external URLs. Protocol-relative URLs such as `//attacker.com` bypass this check entirely, and Splunk Web does not show the external-navigation warning dialog to the victim.
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| https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0606 |
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| Description | In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.2.4, 10.0.7, 9.4.12, and 9.3.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.3.2512.13, 10.2.2510.15, 10.1.2507.23, and 9.3.2411.132, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could cause data exfiltration through classic dashboards by redirecting a victim to an external site using a protocol-relative URL in a drill-down link.<br><br>The vulnerability exists because the URL classifier in classic dashboards only recognizes `http://` and `https://` schemes when checking for external URLs. Protocol-relative URLs such as `//attacker.com` bypass this check entirely, and Splunk Web does not show the external-navigation warning dialog to the victim. | |
| Title | Improper Input Validation through Protocol-Relative URL in Classic Dashboards in Splunk Enterprise | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: cisco
Published:
Updated: 2026-06-10T18:19:26.044Z
Reserved: 2025-10-08T11:59:15.401Z
Link: CVE-2026-20256
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Status : Undergoing Analysis
Published: 2026-06-10T18:16:41.133
Modified: 2026-06-10T18:36:19.463
Link: CVE-2026-20256
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-06-10T19:30:37Z
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