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CVE-2026-28309 is a broken access control vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U affecting version 15.5.4 HF1 and earlier on Windows and Linux. The flaw allows an authenticated user with domain administrator privileges within Serv-U to create system administrator accounts, indicating improper enforcement of authorization boundaries between domain-level and system-level administrative roles. This results in privilege escalation from a scoped administrative context to full system administrator control over the Serv-U instance. The issue is classified as CWE-862. Reported severity information indicates the impact is generally lower on Windows deployments than on Linux deployments.
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A critical broken access control vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U.
A broken access control vulnerability in SolarWinds Serv-U that allows a domain administrator to create system administrator accounts; the impact is noted as lower in Windows deployments.
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