Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-28331 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-28331 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-28331?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.4, published 20 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SolarWinds Patch Manager <UNKNOWN>.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-28331?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-28331 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in a hosted service.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-28331?
- Check whether you run SolarWinds Patch Manager at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A local information disclosure vulnerability in SolarWinds Patch Manager allows an authenticated local user to access sensitive data that can be leveraged for privilege escalation. The vulnerability requires local system access and does not require network connectivity. Exploitation could allow an attacker to escalate from a standard user to an administrative account.
Affected products
- SolarWinds Patch Manager <UNKNOWN>
Timeline
- 2026-10-20: disclosed