Is CVE-2025-20229 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-20229 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-20229?

CVE-2025-20229 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-20229?

CVE-2025-20229 has an EPSS score of 11.81% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-20229

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

8.0

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In Splunk Enterprise versions below 9.3.3, 9.2.5, and 9.1.8, and Splunk Cloud Platform versions below 9.3.2408.104, 9.2.2406.108, 9.2.2403.114, and 9.1.2312.208, a low-privileged user that does not hold the "admin" or "power" Splunk roles could perform a Remote Code Execution (RCE) through a file upload to the "$SPLUNK_HOME/var/run/splunk/apptemp" directory due to missing authorization checks.

CWE-284Improper Access Control

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionRequired

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

11.81%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0301

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-07-21.