CVE-2025-40549

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 3.1

9.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 66% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-22

Published

2025-11-18

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

• solarwinds:serv-u

References

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

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