SolarWinds Serv-U Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
(CVE-2025-40541)
Summary
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 Products
SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5
Fixed Software Release
Advisory Detail
Severity
9.1 Critical
Advisory ID
First Published
02/24/2026
Last Published
02/24/2026