CVE-2026-28306

SolarWinds Serv-U Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Published Jul 21, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a domain administrator to elevate their privileges to a system administrator. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

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

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Advisories

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History
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Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Solarwinds
Solarwinds serv-u
Vendors & Products Solarwinds
Solarwinds serv-u
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Description SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that allows a domain administrator to elevate their privileges to a system administrator. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.
Title SolarWinds Serv-U Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-284
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
SolarWinds
Published
Updated
Jul 24, 2026, 3:55 AM
Reserved
Feb 26, 2026, 2:15 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 21, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM