CVE-2025-40547

criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.010 · 62 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.97% (62nd) EPSS

CVSS 9.1 · critical

Is it mine?

5 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

A logic error vulnerability exists in Serv-U which 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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.1

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 8.3–9.1

v3.19.1criticalAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.1criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · psirt@solarwinds.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 6

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-116USCWE-116US

affected products (5)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

SolarWinds Serv-U <15.5.3all versionscert_bundDE
SolarWinds Serv-U< 15.5.3cert_bundDE
SolarWinds Serv-U≤ SolarWinds Serv-U 15.5.2 and prior versionsenisa_euvdEU
SolarWinds Inc. Serv-U File Server≤ 15.5.3fstec_bduRU
solarwinds serv-u< 15.5.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2025-2618SolarWinds Serv-U: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit AdministratorrechtenDeutsch2025-11-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in SolarWinds Serv-U ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2025-11-18modified 2026-10-18

references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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