CVE-2017-7722

critical
Published 2017-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
10.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
10.0
VIR risk
10.0

Description

In SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM) before 6.3.1 Hotfix 4, a menu system is encountered when the SSH service is accessed with "cmc" and "password" (the default username and password). By exploiting a vulnerability in the restrictssh feature of the menuing script, an attacker can escape from the restricted shell.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
98%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://thwack.solarwinds.com/thread/111223

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
solarwindslog_\&_event_manager6.3.1

References

CWEs

CWE-77

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.