CVE-2024-40712 Path traversal in Backup and Recovery
A path traversal flaw allows low-privileged local attackers to escalate privileges in Veeam Backup and Recovery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-40712?
CVE-2024-40712 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 7 Sep 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability allows an attacker with a low-privileged account and local access to the system to perform local privilege escalation (LPE).
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40712?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40712?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40712 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-40712 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40712 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-2g39-9g29-w79c.