{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-40552 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2025-40552 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2025-40552 is a critical authentication bypass 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-2025-40552 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40552 is a critical authentication bypass 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: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-40552 exists.\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-2025-40552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40552/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40552","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40552/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40552","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-jpf4-6gr7-rh8q"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation","data_modify"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"IT Service Management","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Attackers can bypass authentication to execute protected actions in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, requiring immediate patching.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"auth_bypass"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"SolarWinds","cpe":[{"product":"web_help_desk","vendor":"solarwinds"}],"cvss":{"score":9.8,"severity":"critical","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-1390","name":"Weak Authentication"}],"description":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an authentication bypass vulnerability that if exploited, would allow a malicious actor to execute actions and methods that should be protected by authentication.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":"2026-02-13","github_poc":1,"max_poc_stars":4,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":1,"refs":[{"date":"2026-02-13T15:42:51Z","kind":"github_poc","ref":"https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-SolarWinds-WebHelpDesk-CVE-2025-40552-CVE-2025-40553","stars":4,"title":null},{"date":null,"kind":"nuclei","ref":"http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-40552.yaml","stars":null,"title":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk - Authentication Bypass"}],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40552","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"auth_bypass","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2025-40553"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-40551"},"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"}],"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)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"MIT","name":"Nuclei templates"},{"class":"open","licence":"CC0","name":"PoC-in-GitHub"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"yes","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-02-27","vendors":["SolarWinds"]},"summary":"Attackers can bypass authentication to execute protected actions in SolarWinds Web Help Desk, requiring immediate patching.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40552/"}