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