CVE-2026-28318
SolarWinds Serv-U Unauthenticated Denial of Service Vulnerability
- Published
- Jun 4, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 6, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- SolarWinds
- Evidence observed
- Jun 5, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.6%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
EPSS is a statistical estimate, not a certainty or a measure of impact. Combine it with CVSS, KEV status, exposure and your environment.
CISA Known Exploited
This CVE appears in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Summary
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
Sources
2- CVE-2026-28318-checkScanner
Safely detect whether a SolarWinds Serv-U host is vulnerable to CVE-2026-28318
SolarWinds Serv-U CVE-2026-28318: unauthenticated Content-Encoding: deflate crash. Root-cause analysis (invalid free of an interior pointer -> heap corruption) + DoS-only PoC. Fixed in 15.5.4 Hotfix 1.
Responsible use
Use vulnerability information only on systems you own or are authorized to test. Kitploit links to public research metadata and does not store exploit code or malicious payloads.