Tracker / CVE-2025-20298
CVE-2025-20298
High 8.0
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 and versions
| splunk | universal_forwarder · 9.1.0 → 9.1.9 |
|---|---|
| splunk | universal_forwarder · 9.2.0 → 9.2.6 |
| splunk | universal_forwarder · 9.3.0 → 9.3.4 |
| splunk | universal_forwarder · 9.4.0 → 9.4.2 |
Analysis
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