CVE-2026-28318
SolarWinds Serv-U Unauthenticated Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description
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
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:NAttack VectorAC:LAttack ComplexityPR:NPrivileges RequiredUI:NUser InteractionS:UScopeC:NConfidentialityI:NIntegrityA:HAvailabilityWeaknesses
Affected Products
Exploitability
Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Attack Graph
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MITRE ATT&CK
1 techniqueReferences
- A Crash, Not a Shell: SolarWinds Serv-U CVE-2026-28318en-us·Bishop Fox· Patch Serv-U ddos-botnet
- 8th June – Threat Intelligence Reporten-us·Check Point Research· Roundup Threat Intelligence Bulletin ShinyHunters
- ⚡ Weekly Recap: Instagram Account Hacks, Android Zero-Day, GitHub Worm and Moreen·The Hacker News· Roundup GitHub repositories supply-chain
- SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the Wilden-us·SecurityWeek· Exploited Serv-U patch-tuesday
- Weekly Threat Intelligence: June 1 to June 7, 2026en-us·Daily CyberSecurity (securityonline.info)· Exploited CISA zero-day
- CISA Adds Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS Flaw to KEV Catalogen·The Hacker News· Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U cloud
- CISA Warns of Actively Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U Flawen-us·Daily CyberSecurity (securityonline.info)· Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U network-edge
- CISA: Hackers now exploit SolarWinds Serv-U flaw to crash serversen-us·BleepingComputer· Exploited SolarWinds Serv-U Clop ransomware gang
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