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CVE-2025-40549

SolarWinds Serv-U Path Restriction Bypass Vulnerability

SolarWindsServ-U

Status
  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
1.1%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 66% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
–Not scored yet

Description NVD

A Path Restriction Bypass vulnerability exists in Serv-U that when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code on a directory. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows systems, this scored as medium due to differences in how paths and home directories are handled.

Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: Security Affairs, 24 FebRSS feed
  1. SolarWinds fixes four Serv U file server bugs that allow rootSecurity Affairs · first in our coverage · mentions it in passing

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