SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Broken Auth Schema Allowing Priv Escalation
CVE-2026-28328 Published on October 20, 2026

SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted broken authorization schema
SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted was found to be affected by a broken authorization schema that can allow low-privileged users to access and modify information beyond their assigned permissions.

Vendor Advisory NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2026-28328 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?

The software performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action, but it does not correctly perform the check. This allows attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

CVE-2026-28328 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.


Affected Versions

SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted Version 2026.2.3 and all previous versions is affected by CVE-2026-28328