Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Serv-U FTP Server - CVE-2026-28318

 

Improper handling of exceptional conditions in Serv-U FTP Server - CVE-2026-28318

Published: June 9, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU134153
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-28318
CWE-ID: CWE-755
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: SolarWinds
Affected software:
Serv-U FTP Server

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of deflate-encoded post requests in Serv-U service when handling HTTP POST requests with Content-Encoding: deflate. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP POST request to cause a denial of service.

Note, the vulnerability is being exploited in the wild.


How to mitigate CVE-2026-28318

Install security update from vendor's website.

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