CVE-2025-40548: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in SolarWinds Serv-U
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.
CVE-2025-40548: CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management in SolarWinds Serv-U
Description
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.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- SolarWinds
- Date Reserved
- 2025-04-16T08:01:25.942Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 691c33dd35a0ab0a5629b604
Added to database: 11/18/2025, 8:52:45 AM
Last updated: 11/18/2025, 8:52:58 AM
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