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CVE-2019-9546

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-427

Description

SolarWinds Orion Platform before 2018.4 Hotfix 2 allows privilege escalation through the RabbitMQ service.

Affected products

• SolarWinds Orion Platform: before 2018.4; 2018.4, 2018.4-hotfix1 — fixed in 2018.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: SolarWinds Orion Platform 2018.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-005.md
• https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/CVE-2019-9546-Orion-Platform-Vulnerability
• https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Orion_Platform/Orion_Documentation/Additional_Resources/Orion_Platform_2018-4_Hotfix_2
• https://github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-005.md
• https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/CVE-2019-9546-Orion-Platform-Vulnerability
• https://support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Orion_Platform/Orion_Documentation/Additional_Resources/Orion_Platform_2018-4_Hotfix_2

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