SolarWinds Serv-U Logic Abuse - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability 

(CVE-2025-40547)

Summary

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 Products

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2.2.102

Fixed Software Release

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3

Advisory Details

Severity

9.1 Critical

Advisory ID

First Published

11/18/2025

Last Updated

11/18/2025