CVE-2022-38108 SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data

What is CVE-2022-38108?

CVE-2022-38108 is a high-severity unsafe deserialization vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion Platform, published on 20 Oct 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands.

Weakness: CWE-502

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38108?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Solarwinds Orion Platform.

How do I fix CVE-2022-38108?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38108 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and only deserialise data from trusted sources or with an allow-list of types. More about Unsafe deserialization.

Is CVE-2022-38108 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-38108 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module.

Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Orion Platform

• CVE-2020-10148 SolarWinds Orion Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-27258 Privilege escalation in Orion Platform Critical 9.8
• CVE-2021-25274 Deserialization in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-9546 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-13169 Cross-site scripting in n/a Critical 9.0

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-23mm-62vv-wv83.