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CVE-2025-40549

9.1 critical SSVC exploitation: none Analyzed

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.

Fix

Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1

Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.

Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 9.1 · solarwindsNVD modified 2026-10-18 20:10

Affected (CPE criteria) 1

  • cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References 2