CVE-2025-40549

CRITICAL EPSS 57.9%
Published Nov 18, 20257mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
9.1 CVSS 3.1
Critical
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Published Nov 18, 2025 7mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
9.1
Exploitability
2.3
Impact
6.0
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
57.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-22 Path Traversal Resource Mgmt

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
solarwindsserv-u* <15.5.3

References 2

  • documentation.solarwinds.com https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-3_release_notes.htm
    Release Notes
  • solarwinds.com https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40549
    PatchVendor Advisory

Remediation

  • solarwinds.com https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40549
    PatchVendor Advisory