{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-40536 in the wild since at least 12 Feb 2026.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40536 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Feb 2026.","what":"CVE-2025-40536 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40536 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40536 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, published on 28 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2025-40536 in the wild since at least 12 Feb 2026.\n\nAffected product: SolarWinds Web Help Desk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40536/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40536/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40536","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40536/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40536","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-m83h-48rr-jcrh"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["security_bypass","data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IT service management","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass security controls to access restricted functionality in SolarWinds Web Help Desk.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"security_feature_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"SolarWinds","cpe":[{"product":"web_help_desk","vendor":"solarwinds"}],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-693","name":"Protection Mechanism Failure"}],"description":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a security control bypass vulnerability that if exploited, could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to certain restricted functionality.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-01-28","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":0,"metasploit":1,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2026-01-28","kind":"metasploit","ref":"exploit/multi/http/solarwinds_webhelpdesk_rce","stars":null,"title":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk unauthenticated RCE"},{"date":"2026-06-01T18:38:24Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/victoriaalicex/CVE-2025-40536-Analysis","stars":0,"title":"CVE analysis of CVE-2025-40536, SolarWinds Web Help Desk security control bypass (CVSS 8.1). Covers vulnerability mechanics, attack chain with companion RCE CVEs, Storm-2603 threat actor attribution, MITRE ATT\u0026CK mapping, and detection/remediation guidance for DoD and government environments."},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-40536.yaml","stars":null,"title":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk \u003c 12.8.8 Hotfix 1 (HF1) - Security Control Bypass"}],"tier":"exploited"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass","id":"CVE-2025-40536","indexable":true,"kev":{"dateAdded":"2026-02-12","dueDate":"2026-02-15","knownRansomwareCampaignUse":"Unknown","product":"Web Help Desk","requiredAction":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.","vendorProject":"SolarWinds","vulnerabilityName":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability"},"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"security_feature_bypass","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40537"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers","id":"CVE-2025-40364"},"products":["Web Help Desk"],"published":"2026-01-28","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-40551","kev_date_added":"2026-02-03","published":"2026-01-28"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-26399","kev_date_added":"2026-03-09","published":"2025-09-23"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2024-28986","kev_date_added":"2024-08-15","published":"2024-08-13"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential","id":"CVE-2024-28987","kev_date_added":"2024-10-15","published":"2024-08-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk SAML Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2026-28323","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-07-30"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40552","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-01-28"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0 1.0","name":"CISA KEV"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"BSD-3-Clause","name":"Metasploit"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"active","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["SolarWinds"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can bypass security controls to access restricted functionality in SolarWinds Web Help Desk.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40536/"}