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CVE-2024-28995

SolarWinds Serv-U was susceptible to a directory transversal vulnerability that would allow access to read sensitive files on the host machine.

CVSS 8.6 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.8/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 8.6: +1.29
  • Fresh EPSS: 99.61%: +0.50

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 12 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Help Net Security
Press · 08 Jun 2026, 07:00 · CISA: Patch actively exploited SolarWinds Serv-U DoS vulnerability (CVE-2026-28318) - Help Net Security
The Hacker News
Press · 25 Feb 2026, 08:00 · SolarWinds Patches 4 Critical Serv-U 15.5 Flaws Allowing Root Code Execution - The Hacker News
BleepingComputer
Press · 24 Feb 2026, 08:00 · Critical SolarWinds Serv-U flaws offer root access to servers - BleepingComputer
The Hacker News
Press · 19 Jul 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds Patches 8 Critical Flaws in Access Rights Manager Software - The Hacker News
SecurityWeek
Press · 21 Jun 2024, 07:00 · Recent SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Exploited in the Wild - SecurityWeek
See all 12 source documents
The Hacker News
Press · 21 Jun 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds Serv-U Vulnerability Under Active Attack - Patch Immediately - The Hacker News
TechTarget
Press · 20 Jun 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds Serv-U vulnerability under attack - TechTarget
BleepingComputer
Press · 20 Jun 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds Serv-U path traversal flaw actively exploited in attacks - BleepingComputer
Cyber Daily
Press · 12 Jun 2024, 07:00 · Rapid7 expects hackers to take advantage of ‘trivially exploitable’ SolarWinds file transfer bug - Cyber Daily
Cybersecurity Dive
Press · 12 Jun 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds file-transfer vulnerability ripe for exploitation, researchers warn - Cybersecurity Dive
Rapid7
Press · 11 Jun 2024, 07:00 · CVE-2024-28995: Trivially Exploitable Information Disclosure Vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U - Rapid7
Help Net Security
Press · 07 Jun 2024, 07:00 · SolarWinds fixes severe Serv-U vulnerability (CVE-2024-28995) - Help Net Security

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.8 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

4

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

See 4 repos with metrics
RepositoryStarsForksLanguageUpdated
Stuub/CVE-2024-28995345Python01 Jul 2024, 12:53
bigb0x/CVE-2024-28995144Python15 Jun 2024, 12:21
demoAlitalia/CVE-2024-2899500—14 Jun 2024, 04:07
muhammetali20/CVE-2024-2899500—14 Jun 2024, 09:51
Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 8.6; EPSS 99.6%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
network access, no prior privileges, no user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:59:11.397891+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
Published
06 Jun 2024, 09:01
First press mention
07 Jun 2024, 07:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
17 Jul 2024, 00:00
Latest press mention
08 Jun 2026, 07:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:59
PoCs on GitHub
4 repositories