Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026
SolarWinds Serv-U Broken Access Control - Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2025-40548
Description
A missing validation process exists in Serv U 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.
Affected products
1- SolarWinds/Serv-Uv5Range: SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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