Security Advisory
CVE-2025-40549
9.1
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Description
A Path Restriction Bypass vulnerability exists in Serv-U that when abused, could give a malicious actor with access to admin privileges the ability to execute code on a directory.
This issue requires administrative privileges to abuse. On Windows systems, this scored as medium due to differences in how paths and home directories are handled.
Published Date
November 18, 2025
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory