{
    "id": "CVE-2025-40551",
    "published": "2026-01-28 08:16:02",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 09:21:44",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-502",
    "description": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to an untrusted data deserialization 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.",
    "epss_score": "0.84181",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99690",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2026-02-06",
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:40:45",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2026-02-06."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "solarwinds",
            "product": "web_help_desk"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2025-40551",
        "date_added": "2026-02-03",
        "due_date": "2026-02-06",
        "vendor": "SolarWinds",
        "product": "Web Help Desk",
        "name": "SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htm",
        "https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40551",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40551"
    ]
}