Threats / SolarWinds / CVE-2020-10148
CVE-2020-10148
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
SolarWinds Orion vulnerability
SolarWinds Orion API authentication bypass allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary API commands without valid credentials.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
An authentication bypass in the Orion API permits unauthenticated remote command execution. The high EPSS score and active exploitation in the wild indicate immediate risk to unpatched deployments.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreExploit available
Fully weaponized — public exploit code is cataloged for this vulnerability.We link the existence of the exploit; we do not host or redistribute payloads.
Reported exploitation
544 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.95117 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: SolarWinds, Orion. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-288 Auth Bypass via Alternate Path — weakness family: Authentication.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft API requests that bypass authentication checks to access protected endpoints.
Business
Attackers gain unauthorized API access without credentials, enabling lateral movement and system compromise.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I execute administrative API commands to modify system configurations or extract sensitive data.
Business
Attackers can alter monitoring configurations, disable alerts, or exfiltrate credentials stored in Orion.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I leverage API access to deploy malware or establish persistent backdoors across monitored infrastructure.
Business
Compromised Orion instances become pivot points for enterprise-wide intrusions affecting all monitored systems.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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