CVE-2026-28318
SolarWinds Serv-U is susceptible to specially crafted POST requests that crash the Serv-U service without authentication using Content-Encoding: deflate. Mitigation steps are provided to secure customer environments in the SolarWinds Trust Center if you are unable to deploy the update
Fix
Public exploits 2
- BishopFox/CVE-2026-28318-check PoC on GitHub
- EaEa0001/servu-cve-2026-28318-poc PoC on GitHub
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CISA KEV required action · due 2026-06-19
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Added to the catalog 2026-06-05. CISA KEV
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 1
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Change history 2
- EPSS0.02 → 0.44
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · in KEV · solarwindsNVD modified 2026-10-21 11:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:15.5.4:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 3
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-4-hotfix-1_release_notes.htm Release Notes
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28318 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-28318 US Government Resource