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Medium · 5.4 CVE-2025-20381 EUVD-2025-200993GHSA-qf9v-6rq4-3w87

SPL commands allowlist controls bypass in Splunk MCP Server app through "run_splunk_query" MCP tool

Published Dec 3, 2025 · Updated Dec 3, 2025 · Assigned by cisco

Description

In Splunk MCP Server app versions below 0.2.4, a user with access to the "run_splunk_query" Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool could bypass the SPL command allowlist controls in MCP by embedding SPL commands as sub-searches, leading to unauthorized actions beyond the intended MCP restrictions.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Splunk Splunk MCP Server 0.2 – < 0.2.4 0.2.4

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