CVE-2020-10148

CVE-2020-10148 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in SolarWinds Orion. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. SolarWinds has 11 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 2 of them linked to ransomware.

The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute API commands which may result in a compromise of the SolarWinds instance. SolarWinds Orion Platform versions 2019.4 HF 5, 2020.2 with no hotfix installed, and 2020.2 HF 1 are affected.

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464
• https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory
• https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464
• https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464
• https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10148