CVE-2025-40538 - SolarWinds Serv-U Broken Access Control Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID : CVE-2025-40538 Published : Feb. 24, 2026, 7:40 a.m. | 49 minutes ago Description : A broken access control vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to create a system admin user and execute arbitrary code as a privileged account via domain admin or group admin privileges. 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. Severity: 9.1 | CRITICAL Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...