CVE-2019-9546
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedSolarWinds Orion Platform before 2018.4 Hotfix 2 allows privilege escalation through the RabbitMQ service.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceSolarWinds Orion Platform versions before 2018.4 Hotfix 2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability through the RabbitMQ service, allowing unprivileged users to gain elevated access via improper authentication or authorization in the RabbitMQ integration.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data< 2018.4= 2018.4CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SolarWinds Orion Platform is installedLook for the SolarWinds Orion installation directory, typically under C:\Program Files\SolarWinds\Orion or check Windows Programs and Features for SolarWinds Orion PlatformAffected if SolarWinds Orion Platform is found on the system
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Determine the installed version of SolarWinds Orion PlatformCheck the Orion platform version - this is usually visible in the Orion web console login page, in the About section, or in installation logs and registry keys under HKLM\Software\SolarWinds\OrionAffected if Unable to determine version or version displays as any release before 2018.4 Hotfix 2, or specifically 2018.4 without the Hotfix 2 update
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Verify RabbitMQ integration is enabledCheck if the RabbitMQ service is running and if RabbitMQ management plugin or credentials are configured for the Orion installation. This can be verified through the Orion web interface under Settings, or by checking if the RabbitMQ service (SolarWinds.Orion.RabbitMQ) is present and running on the serverAffected if RabbitMQ service is installed and integrated with the Orion Platform, which is common in standard installations for message queue functionality
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Compare installed version against affected rangesReview the version number obtained in step 2 against the affected versions: any version below 2018.4, or version 2018.4 without Hotfix 2 applied. If the exact version string includes 'Hotfix 2' or a build number higher than the 2018.4 baseline, the system is likely patchedAffected if Installed version is 2018.4 (any build before Hotfix 2) or any version number below 2018.4, and RabbitMQ integration is active
The environment is affected if SolarWinds Orion Platform is installed with a version less than 2018.4 or exactly 2018.4 without Hotfix 2, and the RabbitMQ integration is enabled or present on the system.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor data2018.4
Upgrade SolarWinds Orion Platform to version 2018.4 Hotfix 2 or later to remediate this vulnerability.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2019-9546 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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