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CVE-2026-28305

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Description

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability that can lead to remote code execution as root. A domain account with admin privileges and read and write access to the home directory is required. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-21 16:17:08.180000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
View original CVE JSON
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