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CVE-2025-20387: 
Splunk Forwarder vulnerability analysis and mitigation

In Splunk Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 10.0.2, 9.4.6, 9.3.8, and 9.2.10, 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. This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Source: NVD

Related Splunk Forwarder vulnerabilities:

CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2025-20298HIGH8
  • Splunk ForwarderSplunk Forwarder
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:universal_forwarder
NoYesJun 02, 2025
CVE-2025-20387MEDIUM6.5
  • Splunk ForwarderSplunk Forwarder
  • cpe:2.3:a:splunk:splunk
NoYesDec 03, 2025
CVE-2023-27537MEDIUM5.9
  • MySQLMySQL
  • curl
NoYesMar 30, 2023
CVE-2023-27536MEDIUM5.9
  • MySQLMySQL
  • libcurl4
NoYesMar 30, 2023
CVE-2023-27538MEDIUM5.5
  • MySQLMySQL
  • libcurl-minimal
NoYesMar 30, 2023

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