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Vulnerability · 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 ass

Published Jun 2, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 2, 2025 · Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20298. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.29%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows 9.2 <9.2.6

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 Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows 9.2 <9.2.69.2 <9.2.6

How to fix CVE-2025-20298

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-20298. EPSS is 0.29%. Act only if a listed version of Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Splunk Splunk/UniversalForwarder for Windows 9.2 <9.2.6 9.2 <9.2.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.29%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

  2. Jun 2, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 Files\SplunkUniversalForwarder). This lets non-administrator users on the machine access the directory and all its contents.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-20298

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-20298

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-16672

    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 Files\

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.