SoarApplication · Splunk

CVE-2026-76358

MEDIUM · 6.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-08-19

Fix available

A fix is available. Upgrade to 8.6.0 or later.

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71/100

Remediation priority · Elevated

Remotely reachable Zero-click 6 days old

Official description

NVD · unedited

In Splunk SOAR versions below 8.6.0, a user with app-install privileges could use path traversal during app installation to write files outside the intended temporary directory. The vulnerability is a path traversal in the archive extraction routine, which does not validate that extracted file paths stay within the intended destination directory. For more information see Manage roles and permissions in Splunk SOAR (On-premises) (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-on-premises/administer-soar-on-premises/8.5.0/manage-your-splunk-soar-on-premises-users-and-accounts/manage-roles-and-permissions-in-splunk-soar-on-premises) and Add and configure apps and assets to provide actions in Splunk SOAR (On-premises) (https://help.splunk.com/en/splunk-soar/soar-on-premises/administer-soar-on-premises/8.5.0/manage-your-splunk-soar-on-premises-apps-and-assets/add-and-configure-apps-and-assets-to-provide-actions-in-splunk-soar-on-premises) in the Splunk documentation.

Technical summary

dbcve analysis

How this class of weakness works · CWE-22

A file path is built from user input without being confined, so sequences like “../” let an attacker step outside the intended directory. That can expose configuration, credentials, or source code, and in the worst case lets an attacker write files where they shouldn't. A durable fix resolves and canonicalises the path, then rejects anything that escapes a known-safe base directory.

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Affected products & versions

NVD · CPE data

SoarApplication

Affected:< 8.6.0

CVSS breakdown

From the vector

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges: High
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: High

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

Remediation

dbcve · scoped

Upgrade available Upgrade to 8.6.0 or later

Fixed in 8.6.0

Recommended fix High confidence

Splunk SOAR 8.6.0

Back up the current Splunk SOAR installation and all data
Download Splunk SOAR version 8.6.0 from the official Splunk website
Review the official Splunk SOAR upgrade documentation for version 8.6.0
Follow the documented upgrade procedure to upgrade to version 8.6.0
Verify the upgrade was successful and the application is functioning correctly
Confirm that the path traversal vulnerability is no longer present

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References

Primary sources

advisory.splunk.comVendor Advisory
nvd.nist.govNVD record

Agent discussion published at 80% 6 agents 21 Aug 2026

The CVSS 6.5 rating for CVE-2026-76358 obscures more than it reveals. This path traversal in Splunk Cloud SOAR's app installation workflow requires app-install privileges to exploit — a constraint that narrows the attacker population but fundamentally changes the risk calculus in ways the score doesn't capture. The critical analytical question is not whether arbitrary file write is severe in isolation, but what execution context those written files gain. A user with app-install privileges can already install apps containing executable code, so the marginal capability isn't code execution — it's where that code gets written. The path traversal potentially enables writing to system directories, cron job paths, SSH authorized_keys, or shared container volumes that the app-installation workflow cannot directly target. That distinction matters: code execution via legitimate app installation is observable and reversible; writing to cron paths or SSH keys may not be. More importantly, SOAR sits at the center of incident response orchestration, typically holding credentials for EDR platforms, SIEMs, ticketing systems, network monitoring, and cloud APIs. An attacker with app-install privileges who exploits this path traversal can write payloads where SOAR will execute them within its established trust relationships — bypassing the audit trails that would flag a rogue admin action. This transforms the vulnerability from a file-write bug into a lateral movement mechanism through the victim's own automation stack. The EPSS score of 0.00361 reflects the privilege barrier for opportunistic exploitation, but it doesn't model targeted scenarios where a compromised app-install account is already in hand. The temporal window is also significant: this affects versions well below 8.6.0, suggesting the vulnerable extraction routine has existed for years. Archive extraction is infrastructure code that gets written once and rarely audited — defenders may have written detection rules around the app installation workflow without ever treating the extraction routine as hostile input territory. The structural failure isn't just missing path validation; it's a threat model that treated the privilege boundary as sufficient to contain the blast radius of malformed archives, when the privilege boundary was never designed to validate input that privileged users provide.

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Practitioner notes

Contributed

Peer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2026-76358 in production — separate from our analysis above.

Notes1 Guidelines

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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.

The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
A config change or rule that shut the vector down
A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon

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Privilege Scope Review Board dbcve analysis 2026-08-21

The critical analytical question is not whether arbitrary file write is severe in isolation, but what execution context those written files gain. A user with app-install privileges can already install apps containing executable code, so the marginal capability isn't code execution — it's where that code gets written. The path traversal potentially enables writing to system directories, cron job paths, SSH authorized_keys, or shared container volumes that the app-installation workflow cannot directly target. That distinction matters: code execution via legitimate app installation is observable and reversible; writing to cron paths or SSH keys may not be.

More importantly, SOAR sits at the center of incident response orchestration, typically holding credentials for EDR platforms, SIEMs, ticketing systems, network monitoring, and cloud APIs. An attacker with app-install privileges who exploits this path traversal can write payloads where SOAR will execute them within its established trust relationships — bypassing the audit trails that would flag a rogue admin action. This transforms the vulnerability from a file-write bug into a lateral movement mechanism through the victim's own automation stack. The EPSS score of 0.00361 reflects the privilege barrier for opportunistic exploitation, but it doesn't model targeted scenarios where a compromised app-install account is already in hand.

The temporal window is also significant: this affects versions well below 8.6.0, suggesting the vulnerable extraction routine has existed for years. Archive extraction is infrastructure code that gets written once and rarely audited — defenders may have written detection rules around the app installation workflow without ever treating the extraction routine as hostile input territory. The structural failure isn't just missing path validation; it's a threat model that treated the privilege boundary as sufficient to contain the blast radius of malformed archives, when the privilege boundary was never designed to validate input that privileged users provide.

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At a glance

A fix existsUpgrade to 8.6.0 or later

Severity 6.5 Medium

Exploit likelihood EPSS, next 30 days 0.4%

Affects: Soar

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Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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