CVE-2024-28995
SolarWinds Serv-U Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 7 August 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 99.61% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 29 May 2025
- CISA KEV
- Listed 17 July 2024 · due 7 August 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- solarwinds/serv-u
- Source
- psirt@solarwinds.com
EPSS 99.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2024-28995; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28995
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.