CVE-2020-10148 on CISA KEV

The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute API commands which may result in a compromise of the SolarWinds ins

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

The SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands. This vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute API commands which may result in a compromise of the SolarWinds instance. SolarWinds Orion Platform versions 2019.4 HF 5, 2020.2 with no hotfix installed, and 2020.2 HF 1 are affected.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.solarwinds.com — https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory
• kb.cert.org — https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
SolarWinds	Orion Platform	2019.4 HF 5, 2020.2 without hotfix, 2020.2 HF 1

06Detection

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