SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.
CVE-2024-28995
Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2024-07-17), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 8.6 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.
- Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 8.6
- EG Score
- 9.0(high)
- EG Risk
- 96(Attend)EG Risk 96/100SSVC: Attend
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 computedSeverity90% × 45%Exploitation100% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 100%
- EPSS %ILE
- 100%
- KEV
- ⚠ Exploited
Published
June 6, 2024
Last Modified
February 26, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 2, 2026Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA
Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog | CISA. Listed in CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-28995SolarWinds Trust Center Security Advisories | CVE-2024-28995 | SolarWinds
https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/CVE-2024-28995Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(9 references)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (6 GitHub PoCs) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- GitHub PoCibrahmsql/CVE-2024-28995First seen Jun 15, 2025
SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF1 - Directory Traversal
Open source ↗ - Exploit-DBEDB-52311First seen May 29, 2025
SolarWinds Serv-U 15.4.2 HF1 - Directory Traversal
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCgotr00t0day/CVE-2024-28995First seen Aug 24, 2024
SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCStuub/CVE-2024-28995First seen Jul 1, 2024
CVE-2024-28955 Exploitation PoC
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoC0xc4t/CVE-2024-28995First seen Jun 14, 2024
Exploit for CVE-2024-28995
Open source ↗ - GitHub PoCbigb0x/CVE-2024-28995First seen Jun 14, 2024
CVE-2024-28995 POC Vulnerability Scanner
Open source ↗ - Open source ↗GitHub PoCggfzx/CVE-2024-28995First seen Jun 14, 2024
- Metasploitauxiliary/gather/solarwinds_servu_fileread_cve_2024_28995✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 1, 2024
SolarWinds Serv-U Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read
Open source ↗ - Nucleihttp/cves/2024/CVE-2024-28995.yamlFirst seen Jan 1, 2024
SolarWinds Serv-U - Directory Traversal
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