VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2025-40538

CVSS score9.1 CRITICAL
EPSS probability0.54%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-02-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A broken access control vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary code as a privileged account via domain admin or group admin privileges. 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.

Weakness classification

  • psirt@solarwinds.com: CWE-269

Primary references