CVE-2021-35231: SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server

Medium severity, CVSS 6.7. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

As a result of an unquoted service path vulnerability present in the Kiwi Syslog Server Installation Wizard, a local attacker could gain escalated privileges by inserting an executable into the path of the affected service or uninstall entry. Example vulnerable path: "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Services\Kiwi Syslog Server\Parameters\Application".

Affected products

• SolarWinds Kiwi Syslog Server: before 9.8 (fixed in 9.8)

Published 2021-10-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.