CVE-2025-26398

User interception via hard-coded cryptographic key

Published Aug 12, 2025 · Updated Feb 26, 2026

Hard-coded cryptographic key use in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2025.2 and earlier allows local users to stage MITM attacks. SolarWinds has not disclosed where the embedded key is stored or which cryptographic operation uses it. Exploitation requires administrator privileges, local server access, user interaction, and additional non-default software, and can compromise intercepted users' confidentiality and integrity without a reported service interruption.

CVSS severity5.6
Medium
EPSS probability0.19%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Hard-coded cryptographic key use in SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer 2025.2 and earlier allows local users to stage MITM attacks. SolarWinds has not disclosed where the embedded key is stored or which cryptographic operation uses it. Exploitation requires administrator privileges, local server access, user interaction, and additional non-default software, and can compromise intercepted users' confidentiality and integrity without a reported service interruption.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-26398
Published
Aug 12, 2025
Updated
Feb 26, 2026
Vendor
SolarWinds
Product
Database Performance Analyzer
Classifications
CWE-798, T1557
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Feb 26, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2025.2 and below

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

SolarWinds · Database Performance Analyzerversion=2025.2 and below

Published CVSS scores

6.4NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
5.6SolarWindsCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-798Use of Hard-coded Credentials
T1557Adversary-in-the-Middle

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