SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SolarWinds Virtualization Manager allows for privilege escalation through leveraging a misconfiguration of sudo.
- Vendor
- SolarWinds
- Product
- Virtualization Manager
- CVSS
- 7.8
- EPSS (exploit probability)
- 3.7%
- Status
- kev
- CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01)
- Added to KEV
Is CVE-2016-3643 being exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2016-3643 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on . CISA only lists a CVE when it has reliable evidence of exploitation in the wild.
FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days at 3.7% (scored October 14, 2026).
- CISA KEV[ LISTED ]
- ENISA EUVD (exploited)[ — ]
- CIRCL KEV[ — ]
Catalog snapshot 2026-10-25. Full cross-catalog view: /kev-comparison
CVE-2016-3643 timeline
Every event links to its source. Catalog dates are each catalog's own; day offsets count from NVD publication. Data: JSON
What to do
CISA required actionApply updates per vendor instructions.
US federal civilian agencies must remediate by (181 days after listing) under BOD 22-01. Everyone else: that deadline is a sensible upper bound, not a target. Vendor guidance and the NVD record are linked under Source above.
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| CVE / Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Added to KEV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-28325 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted RCE via Deserializationwrite-up | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 1.5% | — |
| CVE-2026-28324 SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Unauth RCEwrite-up | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 0.7% | — |
| CVE-2026-28326 SolarWinds ARM hard-coded key enables unauthenticated RCEwrite-up | [ HIGH ] | 8.8 | 0.7% | — |
| CVE-2026-28318 SolarWinds Serv-U Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 7.5 | 43.7% | |
| CVE-2025-26399 SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerabilityransomware use | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 90.1% | |
| CVE-2025-40536 SolarWinds Web Help Desk Security Control Bypass Vulnerability | [ HIGH ] | 8.1 | 73.6% | |
| CVE-2025-40551 SolarWinds Web Help Desk Deserialization of Untrusted Data Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.8 | 84.2% | |
| CVE-2024-28987 SolarWinds Web Help Desk Hardcoded Credential Vulnerability | [ CRITICAL ] | 9.1 | 93.3% |