Splunk SOAR: Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions
CVE-2026-76530 is a high-severity use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions vulnerability in Splunk SOAR from Splunk, with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 out of 10. It can be exploited remotely over the network by an attacker with a low-privileged account, without any action from a user. The record lists version 8.7.0 as the first without the flaw, so updating Splunk SOAR to that release or later removes the exposure. There is no confirmed exploitation so far. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation within 30 days, which is low compared with other CVEs.
High severity with no evidence of exploitation so far.
What to do
- Update Splunk SOAR to 8.7.0 or a later version.
Affected products and versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Splunk | Splunk SOAR | before 8.7.0 | 8.7.0 |
Version data comes from the organisation that assigned the CVE. Confirm against the vendor advisory before deciding you are unaffected.
How the severity score breaks down
- Attack vector
- NetworkCan be exploited remotely over a network, including the internet.
- Attack complexity
- LowNo special conditions are needed; the attack works reliably.
- Privileges required
- LowA basic user account is enough.
- User interaction
- NoneNo action by a victim is required.
- Scope
- UnchangedImpact stays within the vulnerable component.
- Confidentiality
- HighAll data handled by the component can be read.
- Integrity
- HighData or code can be modified at will.
- Availability
- HighThe component can be taken down completely.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Scored by CISA (ADP).
Official description
As part of Cisco's ongoing commitment to proactive security and product quality, Cisco has conducted a comprehensive internal security review. This review resulted in a software hardening release that addresses multiple internally discovered vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities tracked by CVE-2026-76530 are related to use of non-canonical URL paths for authorization decisions and are grouped under the Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) CWE-647.
Source: the CVE record as published by its numbering authority, via NVD and CVE.org.
The underlying weakness: Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions
The product defines policy namespaces and makes authorization decisions based on the assumption that a URL is canonical.
How developers prevent this class of flaw
- Make access control policy based on path information in canonical form, with all alternate encodings rejected (which can be accomplished by a default deny rule). Consider very restrictive regular expressions to validate that the path is in the expected form. Reject all alternate path encodings that are not in the expected canonical form.
More Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions vulnerabilities (CWE-647)
Timeline
- CVE record published.
- CISA published its SSVC assessment (exploitation: none, automatable: no, technical impact: total).
- Record last changed materially (score, affected products, status or references).
References
Other references
Other vulnerabilities in Splunk SOAR
- 9.9 Critical severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
- 8.8 High severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
Recent Use of Non-Canonical URL Paths for Authorization Decisions vulnerabilities
- 8.9 High severity
- 8.1 High severity
- 8.2 High severity
- 7.3 High severity
- 9.8 Critical severity
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