CVE-2025-40545 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Open Redirection Vulnerability
An authenticated attacker can exploit an open redirection flaw in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted to redirect users to malicious sites.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-40545?
CVE-2025-40545 is a medium-severity vulnerability in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted, published on 18 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted is susceptible to an open redirection vulnerability. The URL is not properly sanitized, and an attacker could manipulate the string to redirect a user to a malicious site. The attack complexity is high, and authentication is required.
Weakness: CWE-601
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40545?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Solarwinds Observability Self-Hosted.
How do I fix CVE-2025-40545?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-40545 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40545 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted
- CVE-2025-26397 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Deserialization of Untrusted Data Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-26395 SolarWinds SWOSH DOM-based reflective XSS Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-28297 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2026-28298 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
- CVE-2025-26391 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted XSS Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-78p5-9w95-jc9j.