Vulnerabilites related to Splunk - Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows
CVE-2025-20298 (GCVE-0-2025-20298)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-06-02 17:14
Modified
2025-06-02 17:24
CWE
  • CWE-732 - The product specifies permissions for a security-critical resource in a way that allows that resource to be read or modified by unintended actors.
Summary
In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, a new installation of or an upgrade to an affected version can result in incorrect permissions assignment in the Universal Forwarder for Windows Installation directory (by default, C:\Program Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows Version: 9.4   < 9.4.2
Version: 9.3   < 9.3.4
Version: 9.2   < 9.2.6
Version: 9.1   < 9.1.9
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