fkie_nvd - fkie_cve-2025-20381

fkie_cve-2025-20381

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd

Published

2025-12-03 17:15

Modified

2025-12-04 17:15

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Summary

In Splunk MCP Server app versions below 0.2.4, a user with access to the "run_splunk_query" Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool could bypass the SPL command allowlist controls in MCP by embedding SPL commands as sub-searches, leading to unauthorized actions beyond the intended MCP restrictions.

References

	URL	Tags
	psirt@cisco.com	https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1210

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version

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CVE-2025-20381 (GCVE-0-2025-20381)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2025-12-03 17:00

Modified

2025-12-03 21:29

Severity ?

5.4 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-863 - The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Summary

In Splunk MCP Server app versions below 0.2.4, a user with access to the "run_splunk_query" Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool could bypass the SPL command allowlist controls in MCP by embedding SPL commands as sub-searches, leading to unauthorized actions beyond the intended MCP restrictions.

References

URL

Tags

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-1210

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Splunk	Splunk MCP Server	Version: 0.2 < 0.2.4

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