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CVE-2026-28317

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Description

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability that can lead to privilege escalation. This issue requires domain administrator access. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.1 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-21 16:17:10.157000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
View original CVE JSON
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  "lastModified": "2026-10-24T20:10:00.137",
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