{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40537 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40537 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-40537 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, published on 28 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40537 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40537 is a high-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, published on 28 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40537 in the wild and no public exploit code.\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-2025-40537/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40537/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40537","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40537/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40537","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-r5hj-w659-pg8p"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Hardcoded credentials in SolarWinds Web Help Desk allow attackers to access administrative functions, requiring immediate patching.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"hardcoded_credentials"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"SolarWinds","cpe":[{"product":"web_help_desk","vendor":"solarwinds"}],"cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-798","name":"Use of Hard-coded Credentials"}],"description":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that, under certain situations, could allow access to administrative functions.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40537","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"hardcoded_credentials","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"SolarWinds Serv-U Broken Access Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40538"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass","id":"CVE-2025-40536"},"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":8.1,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass","id":"CVE-2025-40536","kev_date_added":"2026-02-12","published":"2026-01-28"},{"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":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-26","vendors":["SolarWinds"]},"summary":"Hardcoded credentials in SolarWinds Web Help Desk allow attackers to access administrative functions, requiring immediate patching.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40537/"}