CVE-2026-28318

SolarWinds Serv-U is susceptible to specially crafted POST requests that crash the Serv-U service without authentication using Content-Encoding: deflate. Mitigation steps are provided to secure customer environments in the SolarWinds Trust Center if you are unable to deploy the update

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-4-hotfix-1_release_notes.htm	Release Notes
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28318	Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-28318	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:solarwinds:serv-u:15.5.4:-::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-06-04 15:16

Updated : 2026-07-22 20:10

NVD link : CVE-2026-28318

Mitre link : CVE-2026-28318

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28318

JSON object : View

Products Affected

solarwinds

serv-u

CWE

CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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