Description
SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. This would elevate a group’s access to system administrator and allow code execution as root. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.
Affected products
solarwinds: serv-u
References2
- documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/re… Release NotesVendor Advisory
- www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28… Vendor Advisory
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.1
CRITICAL
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 1% percentile: 48 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-285
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