CVE-2026-76268 is a critical missing authentication vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise. An unauthenticated attacker with network access to the Patroni REST API on a search head cluster member could execute attacker-controlled operating-system commands. Splunk rates the vulnerability 9.8 (Critical) under CVSS v3.1.
CVE-2026-76268 | Splunk Enterprise Patroni REST API Missing Authentication Vulnerability
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