CVEvulnerability

CVE-2022-26500

8.8 HIGH Known exploited Published 2022-03-17 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — Veeam Backup & Replication

The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

Added to KEV
2022-12-13
Remediation due
2023-01-03
Ransomware use
Known
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Notes
https://www.veeam.com/kb4288; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26500
Status
Analyzed
Published
2022-03-17
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.5 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• veeam veeam backup \& replication (>= 10.0.0.4442 < 10.0.1.4854) • veeam veeam backup \& replication (>= 11.0.0.825 < 11.0.1.1261) • veeam veeam backup \& replication 9.5.0.1536 • veeam veeam backup \& replication 9.5.4.2615 • veeam veeam backup \& replication 10.0.1.4854 • veeam veeam backup \& replication 11.0.1.1261

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References