Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 18, 2025· Updated Feb 26, 2026
SolarWinds Serv-U Path Restriction Bypass Vulnerability
CVE-2025-40549
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.
Affected products
2- SolarWinds/Serv-Uv5Range: SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versions
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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