CVE-2021-35223Execute Command Function Allows Remote Code Execution (RCE)Vulnerability
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Serv-U File Server allows for events such as user login failures to be audited by executing a command. This command can be supplied with parameters that can take the form of user string variables, allowing remote code execution.
Timeline
ID reserved
By SolarWinds
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarWindsCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
- affected 15.2.3 and previous versions – ≤ 15.2.4
What to do
Solution: SolarWinds recommends customers upgrade to the latest version of the product as soon as possible. Upgrading the software will remediate this vulnerability.
Workaround: If you are unable to upgrade immediately. See SolarWinds Knowledgebase Article Below: https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Execute-Command-Function-Allows-Remote-Code-Execution-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2021-35223?language=en_US
References
References3
- https://support.solarwinds.com/SuccessCenter/s/article/Execute-Command-Function-Allows-Remote-Code-Execution-RCE-Vulnerability-CVE-2021-35223?language=en_US (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://documentation.solarwinds.com/en/success_center/servu/content/release_notes/servu_15-2-4_release_notes.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://www.solarwinds.com/trust-center/security-advisories/cve-2021-35223 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-21866 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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