CVE-2025-40547

CRITICAL

Serv-U - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.1
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-116
Status published
Products (1)
solarwinds/serv-u < 15.5.3
Published Nov 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026