CVE-2025-40551 — SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability
Severity: Critical · Kind: Vulnerability
What it is
AI offline placeholder summary for: Title: CVE-2025-40551 — SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Da.
Who this affects
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What to do
Re-run summarisation from /admin/threats once ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is configured.
From the source
SolarWinds Web Help Desk. SolarWinds Web Help Desk contains a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability that could lead to remote code execution, which would allow an attacker to run commands on the host machine. This could be exploited without authentication. 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.
Vulnerability facts
- CVE
- CVE-2025-40551
- On CISA KEV since
- 2026-02-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
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