SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 release notes
Release date: November 22, 2022
These release notes were last updated on June 27, 2024.
SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 and all associated modules have been replaced by version 2022.4.1. See SolarWinds Platform 2022.4.1 release notes.
These release notes describe the new features, improvements, and fixed issues in SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted) 2022.4. They also provide information about upgrades and describe workarounds for known issues.
Learn more
- For information on latest hotfixes, see SolarWinds Platform Hotfixes.
- For release notes for previous SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted) versions, see Previous Version documentation.
- For information about requirements, see SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 system requirements.
- For information about working with the SolarWinds Platform, see the SolarWinds Platform Administrator Guide.
New features and improvements in SolarWinds Platform
SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 offers the following improvements compared to previous releases of SolarWinds Platform.
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SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 provides SWIS Verbs for managing common credentials, such as
Orion.Credential.CreateCredentials&Orion.Credential.UpdateCredentialsfor creating/editing the credentials. -
SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 supports the Kerberos protocol for WMI authentication. See Configure Kerberos for WMI authentication in the SolarWinds Platform.
New customer installation
For information about installing SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted), see SolarWinds Installer.
How to upgrade
Use the SolarWinds Installer to upgrade your entire SolarWinds Platform deployment (all SolarWinds Platform products and any scalability engines) to the current versions.
You must be on Orion Platform 2020.2.1 or later to upgrade to SolarWinds Platform 2022.4. If you are on Orion Platform 2020.2 or earlier, first upgrade to 2020.2.6 and then upgrade to 2022.4.
Before you upgrade from 2020.2.x
- Some upgrade situations from the Orion Platform to the SolarWinds Platform are not supported and the installer will stop the upgrade automatically.
- If you have a SQL Server older than 2016.
- If you have an Orion Platform product version 2019.4 or earlier.
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The legacy syslog and traps functionality has been retired and replaced with new functionality called SolarWinds Log Viewer, which can be upgraded to Log Analyzer for additional capabilities. Current rules and history will automatically be migrated to the new logging functionality (SolarWinds Log Viewer or Log Analyzer). The functionality of SolarWinds Log Viewer and Log Analyzer has been improved to more closely match legacy functionality. See LA 2022.3 release notes for details.
If you built syslog and trap alerts using custom SQL queries, they will not function after upgrading to 2022.3 or later. SolarWinds recommends you rewrite the alerts using SWQL (
Orion.OLM entities) or using the alerting functionality built into Log Viewer/Log Analyzer. -
Before upgrading from Orion Platform 2020.2.6 and earlier to SolarWinds Platform 2022.3 or later, make sure the database user you use to connect to your SQL Server has the db create privilege. Without this privilege, the upgrade will not complete.
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If you customized your website directory, please note that during the upgrade, the website directory will be moved to the location where the application is installed. There are no options in the installer to customize the website location.
Fixed issues
SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 fixes the following issues.
| Case Number | Description |
|---|---|
| 1207212, 1215487, 1216432, 1222317, 1222853, 1223295, 1225682, 1237995, 1304749 | *The issue where SWIS crashed after the upgrade to 2022.4 RC was addressed. |
| 614891, 787724, 980418, 986820 | The issue where last month data was not interpreted correctly in PerfStack was addressed. |
| 614233, 762559, 804478, 837222, 899624, 920603, 933885, 942223, 1059644, 1169810, 1171661, 1179118 | The issue where report schedules with SAML accounts could not be created was addressed. |
| 683517, 875616 | The issue where Centralized Upgrade did not work with a proxy was resolved. |
| 1067814, 1151313 | The issue where the child status participation in node status was incorrect in fast polls was addressed. |
| 936171, 946582, 1067460, 1131341 | The issues with bulk assigning values on filtered rows were addressed. |
| 802569 | The issue where JobEngine Workers started slowly on computers without Internet access was addressed. |
| 1144845, 1161775 | The issue where configuration failed when installation location changed was addressed. |
| 233154, 319006, 328477, 458287, 688246 | The issues with CredentialManagerService slow methods were addressed. |
| 778743 | The issue where a Nexus switch was incorrectly recognized as Cisco was addressed. |
| 973342, 977343 | The issue where machine types for Cisco devices were only recognized as Cisco was addressed. |
| 1102730 | The issue where child status was not updated properly was addressed. |
| 949509 | The issue where collector log was flooded when processing Agent Node uptime was addressed. |
| 761222 | The unhandled exception in the Poller Checker tool was addressed. |
| 1187140 | The issue where the HA service stopped after the upgrade was addressed. |
| 1187140 | The issue where Observability templates were not delivered to the system was addressed. |
| 636868 | The issue where database maintenance failed to execute a procedure were addressed. |
| 1144505 | The issue where database maintenance job completed with errors caused by calling a legacy procedure was addressed. |
| 928393 | The issues with OIDs for Antaira Technologies, LLC and corresponding icons were addressed. |
| 554483, 692820 | The issue where main poller was used on bulk actions from Node Management for sending any requests to nodes was addressed. |
| 893718 | The issue where capacity forecast for CPU/memory was not calculated was addressed. |
| 1184046 | The issue where scalability engines installation failed because of a free tool installed in the SolarWinds folder was addressed. |
*This fix was added after the RC release.
CVEs
SolarWinds would like to thank our Security Researchers below for reporting on the issue in a responsible manner and working with our security, product, and engineering teams to fix the vulnerability.
| CVE-ID | Vulnerability Title | Description | Severity | Credit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-36957 | SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands on the Main Poller of affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 7.2 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
| CVE-2022-36958 | SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with valid access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands on the Main Poller of affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 8.8 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
| CVE-2022-36960 | SolarWinds Platform Improper Input Validation | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with valid access to SolarWinds Web Console to escalate user privileges on affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 8.8 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
| CVE-2022-36962 | SolarWinds Platform Command Injection | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with complete control over the SolarWinds database to execute arbitrary commands on the Main Poller of affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 7.2 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
| CVE-2022-36964 | SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with valid access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands on the Main Poller of affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 8.8 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
| CVE-2022-36966 | Insecure Direct Object Reference Vulnerability | Users with Node Management rights were able to view and edit all nodes due to Insufficient control on URL parameter causing insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability in SolarWinds Platform 2022.3. | 5.9 Medium | Asim Liaquat |
| CVE-2022-38108 | SolarWinds Platform Deserialization of Untrusted Data | This vulnerability allows a remote adversary with Orion admin-level account access to SolarWinds Web Console to execute arbitrary commands on the Main Poller of affected versions of the SolarWinds Platform. | 7.2 High | Piotr Bazydlo (@chudypb) of Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative |
Known issues
| 1052957, 1240424, 1245960, 1256606, 1257671, 1266763, 1276328, 1267382, 1280926 | SolarWinds Information Service performance issues when users without admin rights use PerfStack |
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| Issue: If users without administrator rights open PerfStack views after the upgrade to 2022.4, SolarWinds Information Service (SWIS) performance issues might occur. SWIS log includes error messages and the SolarWinds Platform Web Console displays warnings about long-running queries. | |
| Work-around: Restart the SWIS service. | |
End of life
For modules based on Orion Platform 2020.2.6 and earlier, SolarWinds has announced end-of-life plans. As always, SolarWinds recommends you upgrade to the latest version of your products at your earliest convenience.
| Version | EOL Announcements | EOE Effective Dates | EOL Effective Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020.2.6 | April 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on Orion Platform 2020.2.6 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SolarWinds Platform. | May 18, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for Orion Platform 2020.2.6 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | May 18, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for Orion Platform 2020.2.6 |
| 2020.2.5 | January 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on Orion Platform 2020.2.5 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SolarWinds Platform. | February 17, 2023: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for Orion Platform 2020.2.5 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | February 17, 2024: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for Orion Platform 2020.2.5. |
| 2020.2.4 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on Orion Platform 2020.2.4 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SolarWinds Platform. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for Orion Platform 2020.2.4 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for Orion Platform 2020.2.4. |
| 2020.2.1 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on Orion Platform 2020.2.1 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SolarWinds Platform. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for Orion Platform 2020.2.1 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for Orion Platform 2020.2.1. |
| 2020.2 | October 19, 2022: End-of-Life (EoL) announcement – Customers on Orion Platform 2020.2 should begin transitioning to the latest version of SolarWinds Platform. | November 18, 2022: End-of-Engineering (EoE) – Service releases, bug fixes, workarounds, and service packs for Orion Platform 2020.2 will no longer be actively supported by SolarWinds. | November 18, 2023: End-of-Life (EoL) – SolarWinds will no longer provide technical support for Orion Platform 2020.2. |
See the End of Life Policy for information about SolarWinds product life cycle phases. To see EoL dates for earlier SolarWinds Platform versions, see SolarWinds Platform release history.
End of support
This version of SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted) no longer supports the following platforms and features.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Windows Server 2012 R2 is not supported in SolarWinds Platform 2022.4. SolarWinds recommends that you upgrade the operating system of your SolarWinds Platform server to Windows Server 2016 or later. See SolarWinds Platform 2022.4 system requirements. |
Deprecation notices
This version of SolarWinds Platform (self-hosted) deprecates the following platforms and features.
Deprecated platforms and features are still supported in the current release. However, they will be unsupported in a future release. Plan on upgrading deprecated platforms, and avoid using deprecated features.
| Type | Details |
|---|---|
| Network Atlas |
Network Atlas is deprecated as of Orion Platform 2020.2. It is still available and supported in the current release, but will be removed in a future release. Deprecation is an indication that you should avoid expanded use of this feature and formulate a plan to discontinue using the feature. SolarWinds recommends that you start using Intelligent Maps in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console to display maps of physical and logical relationships between entities monitored by the SolarWinds Platform products you have installed. |
| Browser support | All versions of Internet Explorer will become unsupported in a future release. Some pages are not compatible with IE 11. Do not enable Enterprise Mode in IE 11. It is not supported. |
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