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Vulnerability · CVE-2024-28995

SolarWinds Serv-U Path Traversal Vulnerability

Published Jun 6, 2024 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · SolarWinds Serv-U

Patch now

CVE-2024-28995 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 7, 2024. Confirm SolarWinds Serv-U against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
99.61%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe solarwinds/serv-u · vendor SolarWinds Serv-U

SolarWinds Serv-U contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker access to read sensitive files on the host machine. VulnCheck canary evidence.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe solarwinds/serv-u15.4.2
  • vendor SolarWinds Serv-Uversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2024-28995

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2024-28995 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Aug 7, 2024. Confirm SolarWinds Serv-U against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with 15.4.2. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 99.61%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jun 6, 2024 · Catalog

    Detected

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

  2. Jul 17, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. Aug 7, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-28995

    SolarWinds Serv-U contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-28995

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-28995

    30-day exploitation probability 99.6%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference52311

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_gather/solarwinds_servu_fileread_cve_2024_28995

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2024-28995

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

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-28995

    SolarWinds Serv-U contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.