{"id":"CVE-2025-20300","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"Improper Access Control Lets Low-Privilege Users Suppress Read-Only Alerts in Splunk Enterprise","description":"In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.5, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.103, 9.3.2408.112, and 9.2.2406.119, a low-privileged user that does not hold the \"admin\" or \"power\" Splunk roles, and has read-only access to a specific alert, could suppress that alert when it triggers. See [Define alert suppression groups to throttle sets of similar alerts](https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-enterprise/alert-and-respond/alerting-manual/9.4/manage-alert-trigger-conditions-and-throttling/define-alert-suppression-groups-to-throttle-sets-of-similar-alerts).","publishedAt":"2025-07-07T17:47:58.250Z","updatedAt":"2025-07-08T13:37:50.544Z","severity":{"score":4.3,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","source":"cisco"},"assigner":"cisco","products":["Splunk Splunk Enterprise","Splunk Splunk Cloud Platform"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Splunk","product":"Splunk Enterprise","versions":[{"version":"9.4","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.4.2","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.3","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.3.5","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.2","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.2.6","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.1","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.1.9","versionType":"custom"}]},{"vendor":"Splunk","product":"Splunk Cloud Platform","versions":[{"version":"9.3.2411","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.3.2411.103","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.3.2408","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.3.2408.112","versionType":"custom"},{"version":"9.2.2406","status":"affected","lessThan":"9.2.2406.119","versionType":"custom"}]}],"references":["https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0708"],"weaknesses":["CWE-863"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:08:39.238Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2025/20xxx/CVE-2025-20300.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2025-20300","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-07-07T17:47:58.250Z","dateUpdated":"2025-07-08T13:37:50.544Z","assignerShortName":"cisco","assignerOrgId":"d1c1063e-7a18-46af-9102-31f8928bc633","dateReserved":"2024-10-10T19:15:13.252Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"Improper Access Control Lets Low-Privilege Users Suppress Read-Only Alerts in Splunk Enterprise","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.5, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9 and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2411.103, 9.3.2408.112, and 9.2.2406.119, a low-privileged user that does not hold the \"admin\" or \"power\" Splunk roles, and has read-only access to a specific alert, could suppress that alert when it triggers. 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