[CIVN-2025-0233] Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk

By Published On: September 26, 2025

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Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in SolarWinds Web Help Desk 
Indian – Computer Emergency Response Team (https://www.cert-in.org.in)
Severity Rating: CRITICAL
Software Affected
SolarWinds Web Help Desk versions 12.8.7 and prior
Overview
A vulnerability has been reported in SolarWinds Web Help Desk which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Target Audience:
Enterprises and organizations using SolarWinds Help Desk.
Risk Assessment:
High risk of complete system compromise.
Impact Assessment:
Potential impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system.
Description
SolarWinds Web-Help-Desk is an IT help desk and asset management software that automates ticketing, streamlines support requests, and tracks hardware and software assets to improve IT operations.
This vulnerability exists in SolarWinds Web Help Desk due to an unauthenticated AjaxProxy deserialization issue.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the targeted system.
Note: This vulnerability is a patch bypass of CVE-2024-28988, which in turn is a patch bypass of CVE-2024-28986.
Solution
Apply appropriate fix/patches as mentioned in SolarWinds advisory:
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2025-26399
Vendor Information
SolarWinds
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/
References
SolarWinds
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2025-26399
https://www.solarwinds.com/web-help-desk
CVE Name
CVE-2025-26399
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Thanks and Regards,
CERT-In
Incident Response Help Desk
e-mail: incident@cert-in.org.in
Phone: +91-11-22902657
Toll Free Number: 1800-11-4949
Toll Free Fax : 1800-11-6969
Web: http://www.cert-in.org.in
PGP Fingerprint: A768 083E 4475 5725 B81A A379 2156 C0C0 B620 D0B4
PGP Key information:
https://www.cert-in.org.in/s2cMainServlet?pageid=CONTACTUS
Postal address:
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In)
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Government of India
Electronics Niketan
6, C.G.O. Complex
New Delhi-110 003
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