Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 24, 2026· Updated Feb 26, 2026
SolarWinds Serv-U Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-40541
Description
An Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability exists in Serv-U, which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute native code as a privileged account.
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.3 and prior versions
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