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01 Record

CVE-2021-27258

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: zdi
CNA base score9.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

02 Description

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute escalate privileges on affected installations of SolarWinds Orion Platform 2020.2. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
3.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 90.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-04-14 15:45Z5 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 20:48Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-02-16
Assigning CNA
zdi
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.8)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
  • CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
Data version
5.1
Document digest
46a72a68d0b3ff1e1c57f6c15e9990cffc24dac2271ffbcdab9bddbc22ff59a2

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
SolarWindsOrion Platform2020.2—

06 References