CVE-2025-26398 SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Vulnerability
Hard-coded cryptographic key allows machine-in-the-middle attacks, requiring local admin access and non-default software.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-26398?
CVE-2025-26398 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, published on 12 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer was found to contain a hard-coded cryptographic key. If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against users. This vulnerability requires additional software not installed by default, local access to the server and administrator level privileges on the host.
Weakness: CWE-798
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-26398?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Solarwinds Database Performance Analyzer.
How do I fix CVE-2025-26398?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-26398 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-26398 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-26398 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer
- CVE-2023-23837 No Exception Handling Vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1
- CVE-2022-38112 Sensitive Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-35229 Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability using SQL Query
- CVE-2023-23838 Directory traversal and file enumeration vulnerability: Database Performance Analyzer (DPA) 2023.1
- CVE-2023-33231 XSS in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2023.2
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wmch-r6fm-gmwh.