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CISA Flags SolarWinds Serv-U Flaw as Actively Exploited

A critical flaw in SolarWinds Serv-U is being actively exploited, allowing attackers to crash the service with a specially crafted POST request - no authentication required. This denial-of-service vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318, can be triggered by a simple HTTP POST request with a malicious Content-Encoding header.

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Hackers Actively Exploit SolarWinds Serv-U Flaw to Crash Servers

SolarWinds has issued an emergency hotfix to address a critical flaw in its Serv-U file transfer product, which hackers are actively exploiting to crash servers with specially crafted POST requests. A denial-of-service vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-28318, can be triggered without authentication, posing a significant threat to users.

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