Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-28991 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Solarwinds Access Rights Manager. Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 14% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SA-11 (Developer Testing and Evaluation) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability tracked as CVE-2024-28991. The flaw stems from improper handling consistent with CWE-502 and permits an authenticated user to abuse the service, resulting in arbitrary code execution on the target system. It carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.0 reflecting an adjacent-network attack vector, low attack complexity, low privileges required, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability with changed scope.
An authenticated attacker positioned on the same network segment can exploit the weakness without user interaction to achieve remote code execution. Successful exploitation grants the attacker the ability to run arbitrary commands with the privileges of the ARM service, potentially leading to full compromise of the affected system and any connected resources within its scope.
SolarWinds has published an advisory and release notes for ARM version 2024.3.1 that address the issue and provide mitigation guidance. The current EPSS score of 0.3090 matches its recorded peak, indicating sustained exploitation interest following disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26053
Vulnerability Data
SolarWinds Access Rights Manager (ARM) was found to be susceptible to a remote code execution vulnerability. If exploited, this vulnerability would allow an authenticated user to abuse the service, resulting in remote code execution.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Developer testing and evaluation can uncover deserialization flaws before deployment.
Input validation directly stops deserialization of untrusted data by ensuring inputs are valid before processing.
Engineering principles such as safe deserialization and input sanitization structurally prevent the weakness from being introduced.
Integrity verification tools can detect malformed or tampered serialized data after the fact.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
PR.PS-02 addresses only post-deployment updates/patching and cannot prevent introduction of unsafe deserialization code, yet it can remediate some instances when the flaw exists in outdated libraries or components.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing includes validation of deserialization routines and the use of untrusted data, reducing the likelihood that unsafe object reconstruction will be deployed.
Requiring vetted libraries, regular updates and SAST before release reduces the likelihood that deserialization logic will accept and act on attacker-controlled serialized objects.
Regular scanning of third-party libraries and timely patching reduce the likelihood that unsafe deserialization vulnerabilities remain active.
Mandatory malware scanning of data received over networks or storage media intercepts malicious serialized payloads before they are deserialized by the target application.