Vulnerabilities / CVE-2025-40536

CVE-2025-40536

Published 2026-01-28 · published (not yet in NVD)

CVE-2025-40536

SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability

Exploited in the wild: CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-12, with a fix-by date of 2026-02-15. Patch it first.

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

8.1 HIGH
CVSS 3.1 · CNA

74%
chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS; in the top 1% of all CVEs)

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a security control bypass vulnerability that if exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to certain restricted functionality.

Scores

8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCNA

Affected products

SolarWinds Web Help Desk: 12.8.8 HF1 and below

Weakness: CWE-693

2 references (advisories, patches, write-ups)

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40536 · vendor-advisory, patch
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm · release-notes

Sources: CVE.org, FIRST EPSS. Missing ones did not answer or have no record yet.

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