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SolarWinds Web Help Desk: CVE-2025-40536: Security Control Bypass Vulnerability

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Jan 28, 2026
Added
Feb 13, 2026
Modified
Feb 13, 2026

Description

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 by bypassing URI filters.

Solution

solarwinds-web-help-desk-upgrade-latest
Title
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