CVE-2017-7722: SolarWinds Log & Event Manager

Critical severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 12.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• SolarWinds Log & Event Manager: version 6.3.1 only

Published 2017-04-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.