CVE-2020-10148
SolarWinds Orion API is vulnerable to an authentication bypass that could allow a remote attacker to execute API commands
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 92.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.2% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 3 Nov 2021
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as SolarWinds Orion Authentication Bypass Vulnerability.
- Added
- 3 Nov 2021
- Fix due (US federal)
- 3 May 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 3 Nov 2021.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- SolarWinds Orion API - Auth Bypass (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2020/CVE-2020-10148.yamlSeverity critical
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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- 10 months later
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Published
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 92.0% · top 0.2% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected 2019.4 HF 5
- affected 2020.2 without hotfix
- affected 2020.2 HF 1
What to do
Solution: Users should update to the relevant versions of the SolarWinds Orion Platform: 2019.4 HF 6 (released December 14, 2020) 2020.2.1 HF 2 (released December 15, 2020) 2019.2 SUPERNOVA Patch (released December 23, 2020) 2018.4 SUPERNOVA Patch (released December 23, 2020) 2018.2 SUPERNOVA Patch (released December 23, 2020)
References
4
- https://www.solarwinds.com/securityadvisory (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- VU#843464 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/843464 (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-10148 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2020-2611 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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