CVE-2021-35252 HIGH

CVE-2021-35252: Common Key Vulnerability in Serv-U FTP Server

Vendor Solarwinds
Product Serv-U FTP Server
Weakness CWE-798 · Hardcoded credentials
Published December 16, 2022
Last update April 17, 2025
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CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Common encryption key appears to be used across all deployed instances of Serv-U FTP Server. Because of this an encrypted value that is exposed to an attacker can be simply recovered to plaintext.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 16, 2022 CVE published
April 17, 2025 Record updated