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SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability

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-2025-40536 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40536

CVE-2025-40536Published 5 months agoSource: CISA KEV

Affected packages

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Exploit signal

Known exploited (CISA KEV)
Yes
EPSS score
71.55%
EPSS percentile
99.4%

EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs. This advisory is in the top 99%.

Sources

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