SolarWinds Serv-U DoS via malformed Content-Encoding: deflate POST
CVE-2026-28318 Published on June 4, 2026
SolarWinds Serv-U Unauthenticated Denial of Service Vulnerability
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
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2026-28318 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2026-28318 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-28318
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