CISA KEV catalog
Confirmed active exploitation.
Listed in CISA's catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: attackers are using it in real attacks. Patch it with priority.
- Name
- SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager 6.3.1 and earlier allow local users to gain privileges by leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo, as demonstrated by "sudo cat /etc/passwd."
Affected products
solarwinds: virtualization manager
References7
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- packetstormsecurity.com/files/137487/Solarwinds-Virtualization-… ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39967/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/26 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=… US Government Resource
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 4% percentile: 90 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-264
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