high Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2024-28995SolarWinds Serv-U — Path Traversal Reads Host Files

The Serv-U file transfer server serves files from paths the request chooses, exposing whatever the account it runs as can read on the host.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Upgrade Serv-U to a fixed release, and review what the service account could reach.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
7.5/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2024-06-06
Added to KEV
2024-07-17
Exploit published
Not recorded
Confidence
high
Kill chain
discovery
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1083
Severity
high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attacker needsNetwork access to the transfer service

Behind the card

3 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2024-28995 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07