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TI-2020-12525 Aliases CVE-2020-15909GHSA-mw9v-68m8-wr95

SolarWinds N-central through 2020.1 allows session hijacking and requires user…

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-384Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Spoofing
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-384.

Summary

SolarWinds N-central through 2020.1 allows session hijacking and requires user interaction or physical access. The N-Central JSESSIONID cookie attribute is not checked against multiple sources such as sourceip, MFA claim, etc. as long as the victim stays logged in within N-Central. To take advantage of this, cookie could be stolen and the JSESSIONID can be captured. On its own this is not a surprising result; low security tools allow the cookie to roam from machine to machine. The JSESSION cookie can then be used on the attackers’ workstation by browsing to the victim’s NCentral server URL and replacing the JSESSIONID attribute value by the captured value. Expected behavior would be to check this against a second source and enforce at least a reauthentication or multi factor request as N-Central is a highly privileged service.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02222 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2020.1VulnerableSolarWinds
  • cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:n-central:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2020.1 Vulnerable ·SolarWinds

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-15909
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-mw9v-68m8-wr95

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-15635 An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-15636 An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-15640 An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2020-06460 SolarWinds N-central before 12.1 SP1 HF5 and 12.2 before SP1 HF2 allows remote attackers… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-15639 An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2020-15638 An issue was discovered in SolarWinds N-Central 12.3.0.670. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
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Sources

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