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CVE-2026-28318 · EUVD no mirror located · GCVE no mirror located Verified 2026-06-06

SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability

SolarWinds Serv-U is vulnerable to uncontrolled resource consumption via specially crafted POST requests with Content-Encoding: deflate headers, allowing unauthenticated denial of service.

Verdict

Today item — known-exploited.

An unauthenticated attacker can crash the Serv-U service by sending malformed deflate-encoded requests, disrupting file transfer operations. The vulnerability has been exploited in the wild but does not enable data theft or system compromise.

CISA KEV Yes · 2026-06-053EPSS 0.05318 (verify live)4
01

Is it exploitable?

— the evidence, ranked above the score
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2026-06-05).
CISA KEV ↗Confirmed
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.05318 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
FIRST EPSS ↗High
Severity / affected
Affected: SolarWinds, Serv-U. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
NVD ↗Reported
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption — weakness family: Resource / availability.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
NVD ↗Reported
WeaknessCWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionResource / availability
02

Who’s exploiting it?

— attribution turns risk into urgency
Attribution not established

No threat-actor attribution is established from the public feed for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.

03

Why it matters

— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board
1

Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1

Attacker
I craft a POST request with Content-Encoding: deflate header and send it to the Serv-U service.
Business
The Serv-U process consumes excessive resources and crashes, halting all file transfer services.
2

Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2

Attacker
I repeat the malicious requests to maintain service unavailability without needing authentication.
Business
Business operations dependent on Serv-U file transfers experience extended downtime and lost productivity.
04

What to do

— defensible action
  • Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
05

Coverage & confidence

— what we know, and what we don’t

Established (cited)

  • KEV listing (CISA)
  • EPSS probability (FIRST)
  • CWE weakness mapping (NVD)
  • Catalogued by SolarWinds (CNA)

    • Coverage gaps — stated, not hidden

  • No EUVD / GCVE mirror in feed — single-authority dependency for the identifier.
  • EPSS & exposure are time-varying; verify live at the source.
  • Threat-actor attribution not established from feed data — absence of a name is not absence of compromise.
  • No finder/reporter credit recorded in the public CVE entry — the work behind this find is unattributed.
    • Disclosure & credit2
    Catalogued by SolarWindsCNA
    Credited with finding itNo finder named in the public CVE record — the work behind this find is unattributed.