CVE-2018-16791: SolarWinds Sftp/scp Server

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 1.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In SolarWinds SFTP/SCP Server through 2018-09-10, the configuration file is world readable and writable, and stores user passwords in an insecure manner, allowing an attacker to determine passwords for potentially privileged accounts. This also grants the attacker an ability to backdoor the server.

Affected products

• SolarWinds Sftp/scp Server: up to and including 20180910

Published 2018-12-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.