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.
Advisories

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Fixes

Solution

SolarWinds recommends customers upgrade to Serv-U version 2026.3 as soon as is practical.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Wed, 22 Jul 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Solarwinds
Solarwinds serv-u
Vendors & Products Solarwinds
Solarwinds serv-u

Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title SolarWinds Serv-U Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-285
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}


Projects

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: SolarWinds

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-24T03:55:43.714Z

Reserved: 2026-02-26T14:28:17.157Z

Link: CVE-2026-28312

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-22T18:55:49.850Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-07-21T16:17:09.000

Modified: 2026-07-24T18:44:00.050

Link: CVE-2026-28312

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-07-30T17:30:17Z

Weaknesses