vulnerability
SolarWinds Web Help Desk: CVE-2025-40551: Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 | Jan 28, 2026 |
Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Jan 28, 2026
Added
Jan 28, 2026
Modified
Jan 28, 2026
Description
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.
Solution
solarwinds-web-help-desk-upgrade-latest
References
- CVE-2025-40551
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2025-40551
- URL-https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm
- URL-https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/etr-multiple-critical-solarwinds-web-help-desk-vulnerabilities-cve-2025-40551-40552-40553-40554/
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