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High · 8.6 Known exploited Scanner template Public exploit CVE-2024-28995 EUVD-2024-26057GHSA-gr87-q8xh-gq3c

SolarWinds Serv-U L Directory Transversal Vulnerability

Published Jun 6, 2024 · Updated Oct 21, 2025 · Assigned by SolarWinds

Vendor: SolarWinds Product: SolarWinds Serv-U

Description

SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
SolarWinds SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF 1 and previous versions —

Public exploits

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 9 repositories

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Automated scanner template

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