SolarWinds Serv-U Broken Access Control - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2025-40548)

Summary

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 Products

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2.2.102

Fixed Software Release

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3

Advisory Details
Severity
Critical
Advisory ID
First Published
11/18/2025
Last Updated
11/18/2025
Fixed Version
CVSS Score
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