Server And Application MonitorApplication · Solarwinds

CVE-2022-47508

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2023-02-15
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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 · unedited
Customers who had configured their polling to occur via Kerberos did not expect NTLM Traffic on their environment, but since we were querying for data via IP address this prevented us from utilizing Kerberos.

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 confidence

When polling is configured to use Kerberos authentication, the system unexpectedly generates NTLM traffic because queries use IP addresses instead of hostnames, which breaks Kerberos ticket-based authentication and forces fallback to the less secure NTLM protocol.

MitigationConfigure polling to use hostnames rather than IP addresses to ensure Kerberos authentication works as intended and prevent unintended NTLM traffic leakage.

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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
Server And Application MonitorApplication
Affected:= 2022.4

CVSS 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
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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 checks

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  1. Confirm Solarwinds SAM version
    Check the installed version of Solarwinds Server And Application Monitor through the Orion Platform (Login > About) or via the Solarwinds Installer
    Affected if Version is exactly 2022.4
  2. Identify polling configurations using Kerberos
    Navigate to SAM Settings > Credentials > Polling Credentials, or review individual node polling settings to identify which monitors are configured to use Kerberos authentication
    Affected if Polling is configured to use Kerberos authentication for any monitored nodes
  3. Check polling method uses IP addresses
    Review the node definitions in SAM (Login > All > SAM > Nodes) to determine whether the nodes are being polled by IP address rather than hostname. Check the 'IP Address' vs 'DNS Name' fields in the node properties
    Affected if Nodes configured for Kerberos polling are using IP addresses in the polling address field instead of hostnames

If running SAM version 2022.4 with any polling configuration that uses Kerberos authentication against nodes addressed by IP instead of hostname, the environment is generating unintended NTLM traffic and is affected by this CVE.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Configure polling to use hostnames rather than IP addresses to ensure Kerberos authentication works as intended and prevent unintended NTLM traffic leakage.

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