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Serv-U

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Current version
Last checked: 2026-10-20

2026.3

Release date
July 21, 2026
Security status
Current version appears affected by 8 high-severity CVEs.

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Version Published Notes
2026.3 2026-07-21 Release Notes
15.5.4 2026-02-24 Release Notes

Vulnerability tracking

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Affected status is inferred from published affected version ranges where available. Always verify against the vendor advisory before making production decisions.

CVE Severity Published Status Summary
CVE-2025-40541 CRITICAL (9.1) 2026-02-24 Current versionaffected

An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Serv-U, which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute native code as a privileged account. 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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40540 CRITICAL (9.1) 2026-02-24 Current versionaffected

A type confusion vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute arbitrary native code as privileged account. 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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40539 CRITICAL (9.1) 2026-02-24 Current versionaffected

A type confusion vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute arbitrary native code as privileged account. 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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40538 CRITICAL (9.1) 2026-02-24 Current versionaffected

A broken access control vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary code as a privileged account via domain admin or group admin privileges. 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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40549 CRITICAL (9.1) 2025-11-18 Current versionaffected

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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40548 CRITICAL (9.1) 2025-11-18 Current versionaffected

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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
CVE-2025-40547 CRITICAL (9.1) 2025-11-18 Current versionaffected

A logic error vulnerability exists in Serv-U which 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.

Affected versions
  • SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
CVE-2024-45711 HIGH (7.5) 2024-10-16 Current versionaffected

SolarWinds Serv-U is vulnerable to a directory traversal vulnerability where remote code execution is possible depending on privileges given to the authenticated user. This issue requires a user to be authenticated and this is present when software environment variables are abused. Authentication is required for this vulnerability

Affected versions
  • From (including) 0 - Up to (excluding) 15.5