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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-8917 in the critical feed json

SolarWinds Orion NPM before 12.4 suffers from a SYSTEM remote code execution vulnerability in the OrionModuleEngine service.

published 2019-02-18 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-18305

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
36.4%
EPSS 36.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

SolarWinds Orion NPM before 12.4 suffers from a SYSTEM remote code execution vulnerability in the OrionModuleEngine service. This service establishes a NetTcpBinding endpoint that allows remote, unauthenticated clients to connect and call publicly exposed methods. The InvokeActionMethod method may be abused by an attacker to execute commands as the SYSTEM user.

Patch / fix

  • solarwinds orion_network_performance_monitor 12.4

Exploit prediction

36.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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