SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability

Added to KEV
2026-02-12
Federal due date
2026-02-15
Vendor
SolarWinds
Product
Web Help Desk
EPSS
98.6th percentile (score 0.675, as of 2026-06-08)
NVD CVSS v3.1
Ransomware use
Unknown
Upstream
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40536

CISA short description

SolarWinds Web Help Desk contains a security control bypass vulnerability that could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain access to certain restricted functionality.

Required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

EPSS percentile is the FIRST.org exploit-probability ranking as of the date noted above; it moves daily. CVSS reflects NVD's analysis at time of publication.