SolarWinds Serv-U Privilege Escalation Elevating Group to sysadmin
CVE-2026-28312 Published on July 21, 2026
SolarWinds Serv-U Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability. This would elevate a groups access to system administrator and allow code execution as root. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-28312 is exploitable with network access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be critical as this vulnerability has a high impact to the confidentiality, integrity and availability of this component.
Weakness Type
What is an AuthZ Vulnerability?
The software does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
CVE-2026-28312 has been classified to as an AuthZ vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-28312
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