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CVE-2026-28318 — SolarWinds Serv-U Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

provenance: imported · CVE: CVE-2026-28318

CVE-2026-28318: SolarWinds Serv-U Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Vendor / project SolarWinds
Product Serv-U
Date added 2026-06-05
Due date 2026-06-19
Ransomware campaign use Unknown

Description

SolarWinds Serv-U contains an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability that allows specially crafted POST requests using the Content-Encoding: deflate header to crash the Serv-U service without authentication.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Notes

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2026-28318 ; https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-5-4-hotfix-1_release_notes.htm#link7 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28318

References

  • NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28318
  • KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog