What is CVE-2019-9546?

CVE-2019-9546 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-9546?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform

CVE-2019-9546

SolarWinds Orion Platform before 2018.4 Hotfix 2 allows privilege escalation through the RabbitMQ service.

Published 2019-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.028 (85.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.028 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Solarwinds Orion Platform — versions 2018.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

support.solarwinds.com/Success_Center/Orion_Platform/Orion_Documentation/Additi… (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/CVE-2019-9546-Orion-Platform-Vul… (Vendor Advisory)
github.com/active-labs/Advisories/blob/master/2019/ACTIVE-2019-005.md

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-9546?: CVE-2019-9546 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Solarwinds Orion Platform, classified under Uncontrolled Search Path Element. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-9546?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.