Known issues

The following tables include issues and workarounds for releases of Splunk Enterprise Security. Issues are listed in all relevant sections. Some issues appear more than once.

Splunk Enterprise Security 8.6.0 known issues

known issues for this release of Splunk Enterprise Security

Following are some of the known issues in Splunk Enterprise Security version 8.6.0:

Date created Issue Description
05-19-2025 SECHELP-29

Error Definition is invalid error is displayed when you try to access a modified dashboard after upgrading to ES version 8.0.40 or higher.

Workaround: If a dashboard displays Definition is invalid error, close the error message, edit the dashboard in the UI, make a small change, and save. This updates the definition to the new schema. You can revert the change and save again if required.
07-08-2026 SECHELP-689 Multiple findings are not deselected when you select the "Save" button in Splunk Enterprise Security version 8.5.1.