SolarWinds Serv-U privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SolarWinds Serv-U. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-40548. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SolarWinds Serv-U (version unknown). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A missing validation process exists in Serv U when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code. 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.

The advisory is shared at solarwinds.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-40548 since 04/16/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/18/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-197929) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2618). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • SolarWinds Serv-U

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.1

VulDB Base Score: 7.2
VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 9.1
CNA Vector (SolarWinds): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/16/2025 CVE reserved
11/18/2025 +216 days Advisory disclosed
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/18/2025 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: solarwinds.com

Advisory: solarwinds.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-40548 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-40548
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-332773
EUVD: 🔒
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2618 - SolarWinds Serv-U: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Ausführen von beliebigem Programmcode mit Administratorrechten

Entryinfo

Created: 11/18/2025 10:09
Updated: 11/18/2025 20:43
Changes: 11/18/2025 10:09 (61), 11/18/2025 11:31 (1), 11/18/2025 20:43 (7)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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