CVE-2020-10148

SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands

State: Published
Severity: 9.8 Critical
Published: Dec 29, 2020
Updated: Oct 21, 2025
Reserved: Mar 5, 2020

Read the record on cve.org

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	9.8 Critical	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Orion PlatformSolarWinds	2019.4 HF 5Affected 2020.2 without hotfixAffected 2020.2 HF 1Affected

References

https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory
VU#843464third-party-advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10148government-resource

Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.