CVE-2026-28304

CRITICALPre-NVD 9.19.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: CRITICAL) published 2026-07-21. a secondary CVSS source baseline 9.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
9.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 9.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability that, when exploited, can allow the arbitrary execution of code remotely as root. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.

CVSS v3
9.1
EG Score
9.1(high)
EG Risk
41(Track)
EG Risk 41/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity91% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
43%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

SolarWinds Trust Center Security Advisories | CVE-2026-28304

https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2026-28304
generic

Serv-U 2026.3 release notes

https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_2026-3_release_notes.htm

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28304(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 47× in last 7d / 59× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-31 09:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-31 05:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-31 01:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-30 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-30 17:07 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-30 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-30 13:04 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-30 13:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-30 09:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-30 05:06 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-30 05:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-30 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-30 01:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-29 20:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-29 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-29 12:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-29 08:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-29 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-29 01:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-28 21:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-28 17:03 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-28 17:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-28 11:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-28 07:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-28 03:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 23:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-27 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-27 15:13 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-27 15:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-27 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-27 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-27 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-26 22:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-26 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-26 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-26 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-26 10:31 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-26 10:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-26 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-26 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-23 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-07-22 23:08 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-07-22 23:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-07-21 18:51 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-07-21 18:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-07-21 17:22 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-07-21 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-07-21 15:58 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28304?
CVE-2026-28304 is a critical vulnerability published on July 21, 2026. SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability that, when exploited, can allow the arbitrary execution of code remotely as root. The impact is lower in Windows deployments.
When was CVE-2026-28304 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28304 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 21, 2026, with the most recent update on July 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28304 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28304 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 57.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28304?
CVE-2026-28304 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28304?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28304, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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