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Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-11-18 | Updated 2025-11-19 | Assigner SolarWinds




CRITICAL: 9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem types

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Product status

Default status
affected

SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
affected

Credits

Maurice Moss reporter

References

www.solarwinds.com/...ter/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40549

documentation.solarwinds.com/...rvu_15-5-3_release_notes.htm

cve.org (CVE-2025-40549)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40549)

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