# CVE-2024-28995: SolarWinds Serv-U - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-28995 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-28995

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 8.6
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** SolarWinds Serv-U
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** file_sharing, enterprise_software

## Description

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

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-28995](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-28995) is a directory traversal vulnerability affecting SolarWinds Serv-U, which could allow attackers to access sensitive files on the server by manipulating request paths.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 30th of April 2025.

According to CrowdSec data, while opportunistic exploitation dominates, a portion of threat actors trying to exploit CVE-2024-28995 apply basic targeting methods such as port or service detection. This indicates emerging patterns of selective targeting.
Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2024-28995 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2024-28995 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Exploitation attempts typically involve request paths that attempt to traverse directories in the server’s file system.

## Timeline

- 2024-06-06: CVE Published. CVE-2024-28995 is published to NVD.
- 2024-07-17: CISA KEV. CVE-2024-28995 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2024-08-07: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).
- 2025-04-30: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-28995 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-04-30: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-28995 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-28995.yaml

## Live exploitation data

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