CVE-2024-40711

Veeam Backup & Replication: Backup and Replication Deserialization

As of , CVE-2024-40711 in Veeam Backup & Replication is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.

Exploited
Yes: CISA listed it on 17 October 2024
US federal deadline
7 November 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
Used in ransomware campaigns
Known
EPSS score
0.90Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS when listed
0.00 on 17 October 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
Public exploit
None foundNeither Metasploit nor Exploit-DB lists one.
Fix
Vendor advice: www.veeam.comLinks below, from CISA's entry.

What CISA says to do

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

CISA's required action

What the flaw is

Veeam Backup and Replication contains a deserialization vulnerability allowing an unauthenticated user to perform remote code execution.

CISA's description

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).

The CVE record's description, from hackerone

CVE published
7 September 2024
Assigned by
hackerone
CVSS
9.8 Critical (CVSS 3.0, from the CNA)
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
CISA SSVC, exploitation
active
CISA SSVC, automatable
yes
CISA SSVC, technical impact
total

Timeline

  1. The CVE record was published.
  2. CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
  3. The US federal deadline to fix it.

Backup & Replication: other exploited entries

VulnerabilityProductOur groupListedDeadlineEPSS
CVE-2023-27532Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical FunctionVeeam Backup & ReplicationPatch this weekRansomware use; EPSS 0.810.81
CVE-2022-26500Remote Code ExecutionVeeam Backup & ReplicationPatch this weekRansomware use0.06
CVE-2022-26501Remote Code ExecutionVeeam Backup & ReplicationPatch this weekRansomware use0.04

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