CVE-2025-40548 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-40548

SolarWinds Serv-U Broken Access Control - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vulnerability Description

A missing validation process exists in Serv U when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code. This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows deployments, the risk is scored as a medium because services frequently run under less-privileged service accounts by default.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • SolarWinds would like to thank researchers working with Intigriti on our bug bounty program

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Serv-U
Vulnerable Versions:
SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions

Timeline

Official Publish: November 18th, 2025
Last Modified: February 26th, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)