CVE-2025-20298

In Universal Forwarder for Windows versions below 9.4.2, 9.3.4, 9.2.6, and 9.1.9, 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 (by default, C:Program FilesSplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Assigner : psirt@cisco.com

More information : https://advisory.splunk.com/advisories/SVD-2025-0602