PT-2024-28995 · Veeam · Veeam Backup & Replication

Published 2024-12-03 · Updated 2025-04-24 · CVE-2024-40717

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Veeam Backup & Replication (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows a low-privileged user with certain roles to perform remote code execution (RCE) by updating existing jobs. These jobs can be configured to run pre- and post-scripts, which can be located on a network share and are executed with elevated privileges by default. The user can update a job and schedule it to run almost immediately, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Missing Authentication

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-306

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-40717

Affected Products

Veeam Backup & Replication

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-40717 · Vendor Advisory
• https://veeam.com/kb4693 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40717 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1864128618416218123 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/11930 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1864138618735833424 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/102970 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1864204800675475554 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/119719 · Telegram Post