CVE-2025-40549

criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.011 · 66 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.13% (66th) 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 2026-10-27

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.

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-22USCWE-22US

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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