# CVE-2025-40551: A SolarWinds Web Help Desk bug is being used in attacks

Status: Being used now (CISA KEV, added 2026-02-03)
Who: 
Do this: 

## Agent prompt (read-only)
Read-only check, change nothing, send nothing anywhere.
Is SolarWinds Web Help Desk (CVE-2025-40551) installed or running on this machine or in this project?
1. Find every copy and its version (apps, packages, containers, lockfiles).
2. Compare each version against the vendor's fixed version for CVE-2025-40551. Quote the vendor page you used.
3. Report a table: where, version, fixed version, status (exposed / fixed / not installed / unsure).
4. List the exact update steps, but do not run them.

## Official description
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.

## Sources
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2025-40551
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40551
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40551

Generated by isitexploited.org from public sources. Verify version numbers against the vendor before acting.