CVE-2024-40710 Hardcoded credentials in Backup and Recovery
Low-privileged users can extract saved credentials and execute remote code as the service account in Veeam Backup & Replication.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40710?
CVE-2024-40710 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 7 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A series of related high-severity vulnerabilities, the most notable enabling remote code execution (RCE) as the service account and extraction of sensitive information (savedcredentials and passwords). Exploiting these vulnerabilities requires a user who has been assigned a low-privileged role within Veeam Backup & Replication.
Weakness: CWE-522
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40710?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40710?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40710 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-40710 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40710 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup and Recovery
- CVE-2024-40711 Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization
- CVE-2022-26501 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2022-26500 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-27532 Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2026-21666 Missing authorization in Backup and Replication
Sources
Also known as GHSA-9xxg-2v8x-4j8c.