FKIE_CVE-2025-40551

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-28 08:16 - Updated: 2026-02-04 02:00
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an untrusted data deserialization vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution, which would allow an attacker to run commands on the host machine. This could be exploited without authentication.
References
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htmRelease Notes
psirt@solarwinds.comhttps://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40551Vendor Advisory
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40551US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
solarwinds web_help_desk *
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  "cisaExploitAdd": "2026-02-03",
  "cisaRequiredAction": "Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.",
  "cisaVulnerabilityName": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability",
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  "lastModified": "2026-02-04T02:00:02.030",
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