CVE-2026-28316

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability that can lead to privilege escalation to a system administrator with the ability to execute commands as the root user. This issue requires a domain account with administrator access. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.

CVSS v3 9.1 CRITICAL

9.1^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.3 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_2026-3_release_notes.htm	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28316	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

24 Oct 2026, 20:10

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Summary		(es) SolarWinds Serv-U está afectado por una vulnerabilidad de referencia directa a objeto insegura (IDOR) que puede conducir a una escalada de privilegios a un administrador de sistema con la capacidad de ejecutar comandos como usuario root. Este problema requiere una cuenta de dominio con acceso de administrador. El impacto es menor en implementaciones de Windows.

Information

Published : 2026-07-21 16:17

Updated : 2026-10-24 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-28316

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28316

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28316

JSON object : View

Products Affected

solarwinds

serv-u

CWE

CWE-639

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

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