CVE-2025-40553

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  3. CVE-2025-40553
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.

9.8 /10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
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-2025-40553 Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:web_help_desk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
History

03 Feb 2026, 21:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Solarwinds
Solarwinds web Help Desk
References () https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm - () 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-2025-40553 - () https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40553 - Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:web_help_desk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2026-01-28 08:16

Updated : 2026-02-03 21:10

NVD link : CVE-2025-40553

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40553

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40553

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Products Affected

solarwinds

  • web_help_desk
CWE
CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data