CVE-2025-20298: high-severity vulnerability in Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows
Incorrect permission assignment on Universal Forwarder for Windows during new installation or upgrade
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
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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.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Splunk · Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows