CVE-2026-28316

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 an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability that can lead to privilege escalation to a system administrator with the ability to execute commands as the root user. This issue requires a domain account with administrator access. 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
67%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

July 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jul 21, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
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-2026-28316(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 32× in last 7d / 38× 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. 2026-07-28 22:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-28 18:18 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-28 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-28 15:36 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-28 14:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-28 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-28 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-28 01:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-27 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-27 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-27 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-27 12:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-27 07:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-27 03:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-26 23:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-26 19:01 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-26 19:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-26 14:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-26 10:31 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-26 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-26 04:20 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-26 04:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-25 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-23 03:08 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-21 20:43 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-21 20:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-21 18:10 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-21 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-21 16:00 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-07-21 15:58 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28316?
CVE-2026-28316 is a critical vulnerability published on July 21, 2026. SolarWinds Serv-U is affected by an insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerability that can lead to privilege escalation to a system administrator with the ability to execute commands as the root user. This issue requires a domain account with administrator access. The impact is lower in…
When was CVE-2026-28316 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28316 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-2026-28316 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28316 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 32.9% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28316?
CVE-2026-28316 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28316?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28316, 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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