{"id":"CVE-2025-40540","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-40540","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:58:23.419Z","title":"A type confusion vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute arbitrary native code as privileged account.","description":"A type confusion vulnerability exists in Serv-U which when exploited, gives a malicious actor the ability to execute arbitrary native code as privileged account.\n\nThis issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows deployments, the risk is scored as a medium because services frequently run under less-privileged service accounts by default.","published":"2026-02-24T08:16:28.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:21:44.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@solarwinds.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-704"],"affected":["solarwinds/serv-u"],"epss":{"score":0.0048,"percentile":0.41137,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-4_release_notes.htm","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@solarwinds.com"},{"url":"https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2025-40540","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@solarwinds.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40540","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}