Splunk has disclosed a high-severity vulnerability in Splunk Enterprise for Windows that allows a low-privileged local user to escalate their privileges to SYSTEM level through a DLL search-order hijacking attack. Tracked as CVE-2026-20140 and published on February 18, 2026, under advisory SVD-2026-0205, the flaw carries a CVSSv3.1 score of 7.7 (High) and is classified under […] The post Splunk Enterprise for Windows Vulnerability Let Attackers Hijack DLLs and Gain SYSTEM Access appeared first on Cyber Security News.