Actively exploited in the wild
Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Veeam - Backup & Replication · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2022-12-13. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.
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CVE-2022-26500
HighCVSS 8.8KEVSummary
Improper limitation of path names in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5U3, 9.5U4, 10.x, and 11.x. A remote authenticated user can access internal API functions and upload and execute arbitrary code.
Risk Assessment
It enables remote code execution on the backup server, potentially leading to full compromise of the backup infrastructure.
Recommendation
Update Veeam Backup & Replication to a patched version and restrict access to the API.
Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup & Replication
See all- CVE-2026-21672High
A vulnerability allowing local privilege escalation on Windows-based Veeam Backup & Replication servers.
- CVE-2026-21671Critical
The vulnerability allows an authenticated user with the Backup Administrator role to perform remote code execution (RCE) in high availability (HA) deployments of Veeam Backup & Replication.
- CVE-2024-40711CriticalActively exploited
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).
- CVE-2023-27532HighActively exploited
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- CVE-2022-26501CriticalActively exploited
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
Original NVD description (English source)
Improper limitation of path names in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5U3, 9.5U4,10.x, and 11.x allows remote authenticated users access to internal API functions that allows attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.