# CVE-2025-26393: SolarWinds Service Desk Broken Access Control Vulnerability

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges to manipulate unauthorized data in SolarWinds Service Desk.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6gpc-pr73-3q2j

## What is CVE-2025-26393?

CVE-2025-26393 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Service Desk, published on 17 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

SolarWinds Service Desk is affected by a broken access control vulnerability. The issue allows authenticated users to escalate privileges, leading to unauthorized data manipulation.

Weakness: CWE-653 (Improper Isolation or Compartmentalization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26393?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-26393?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26393 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-26393 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-26393 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-26393 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Service Desk, published on 17 Mar 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26393 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SolarWinds Service Desk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26393/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26393/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-26393
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-26393
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-26393

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26393/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.