Splunk Enterprise Security Update Addresses Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Splunk has issued security patches for a critical vulnerability, CVE-2026-20253, affecting certain versions of Splunk Enterprise. This flaw could allow an unauthenticated attacker to achieve remote code execution by manipulating files via a PostgreSQL sidecar service. Users are urged to update to versions 10.2.4 or 10.0.7 to mitigate this severe risk.