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CVE-2025-20298
HIGH · CVSS 8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2025-06-02T18:15:23.560 · Last modified 2026-06-17T08:41:22.877

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.

Affected products

splunk — universal_forwarder

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References

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