CVE-2025-40536

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-02-12. Federal remediation due 2026-02-15.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

73.56% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.4% 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

Analyzed. 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.

Published

2026-01-28 07:30Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-02-26 15:04Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

SolarWinds

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-693Protection Mechanism FailurePillar

Data version

5.2

Document digest

189fab15c8ad40518b86817ef98b9baa7d2083cac45b7ea8f7cc3046d8c3a52e

• www.solarwinds.comhttps://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40536vendor-advisorypatch
• documentation.solarwinds.comhttps://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/whd/content/release_notes/whd_2026-1_release_notes.htmrelease-notes
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-40536government-resource
• www.huntress.comhttps://www.huntress.com/blog/active-exploitation-solarwinds-web-help-desk-cve-2025-26399third-party-advisory