critical Known exploitedREV. 01
CVE-2025-40551SolarWinds Web Help Desk — unauthenticated deserialization to RCE
SolarWinds Web Help Desk rebuilds objects from untrusted data without checking them, so an attacker holding no account can run commands on the host. It is one of three flaws in this product in the same drop.
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THE VITAL STATS- CVSS score
- 9.8/ 10 CVSS v3.1
- EPSS probability
- 84% Likelihood of exploitation
- Attack complexity
- Low Conditions needed to exploit
- Known exploited
- Yes — CISA KEV
- CVE published
- 2026-01-28
- Added to KEV
- 2026-02-03
- Exploit published
- Not recorded
- Confidence
- high
- Kill chain
- initial access
- MITRE ATT&CK
- T1190
- Severity
- critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attacker needsNetwork access to the Web Help Desk interface; no credentials needed.
Behind the card
3 REFERENCES- 01CVE recordNVD recordnvd.nist.gov
- 02CISACISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogcisa.gov
- 03Vendor advisorysolarwinds.comsolarwinds.com
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +
Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.
| Fields | Source | Retrieved | Extractor | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_at | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_added | cisa.gov | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| epss | api.first.org | 2026-09-24 | scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1 | high |
| title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisites | nvd.nist.gov | 2026-09-24 | claude-code | high |
Printing history
THE RECORD- r1Initial base card
First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.