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CVE-2023-40054

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-40054 is a Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Network Configuration Manager, allowing a low-level user to execute commands with SYSTEM privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage. This issue was noted as a failure to resolve a previous vulnerability, CVE-2023-33226.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2023.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:network_configuration_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.0HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.1
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0298 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

documentation.solarwinds.com / en/success_center/ncm/content/release_notes/ncm_2023-4-1_release_notes.htm
Release NotesVendor Advisory
solarwinds.com / trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2023-40054
Vendor Advisory