CVEvulnerability
CVE-2024-40711
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization Vulnerability — Veeam Backup & Replication
Veeam Backup and Replication contains a deserialization vulnerability allowing an unauthenticated user to perform remote code execution.
- Added to KEV
- 2024-10-17
- Remediation due
- 2024-11-07
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://www.veeam.com/kb4649 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40711
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2024-09-07
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-502
Description
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).
Affected configurations
• veeam veeam backup \& replication (>= 12.0.0.1420 < 12.2.0.334)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data weakness
References
- https://www.veeam.com/kb4649 Vendor Advisory
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/veeam-backup-response-rce-with-auth-but-mostly-without-auth-cve-2024-40711-2/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-40711 US Government Resource