What is GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q?

GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q cover?

GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-20298. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q?

GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3qMediumCVSS 5.3

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

July 15, 2026

Last Modified

July 15, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-20298 →

📋 Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 10.4.1, 10.2.5, 10.0.8, and 9.4.13, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 10.5.2605.0, 10.4.2604.6, 10.3.2512.15, 10.2.2510.18, and 10.1.2507.24, a low-privileged user that does not hold the 'admin' or 'power' Splunk roles could view stored credential hashes when they access the /servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords REST endpoint through the |rest Search Processing Language (SPL) command.The exposure happens because the |rest SPL command returns the encr_password field in the results of the /servicesNS/-/-/storage/passwords REST endpoint.

🔗 References (3)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-20298
https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2026-0704
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqm2-gqcq-fc3q