CVE-2025-40537 HIGH

CVE-2025-40537: SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credentials Vulnerability

Vendor Solarwinds

Product Web Help Desk

Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials

Published January 28, 2026

Last update February 26, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.5/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity High

Privileges required Low

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity High

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

SolarWinds Web Help Desk was found to be susceptible to a hardcoded credentials vulnerability that, under certain situations, could allow access to administrative functions.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 28, 2026 CVE published

February 26, 2026 Record updated

External resources

03References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40537 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/798.html

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