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
| Link | Resource |
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| https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm | Release Notes |
| https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40551 | Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40551 | US Government Resource |
Configurations
History
03 Feb 2026, 21:13
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Solarwinds
Solarwinds web Help Desk |
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| References | () https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40551 - Vendor Advisory | |
| References | () https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40551 - US Government Resource | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:web_help_desk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
03 Feb 2026, 19:16
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Information
Published : 2026-01-28 08:16
Updated : 2026-02-03 21:13
NVD link : CVE-2025-40551
Mitre link : CVE-2025-40551
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40551
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Products Affected
solarwinds
- web_help_desk
CWE
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
