CVE-2024-40717 Privilege escalation in Backup & Replication
Low-privileged users can achieve remote code execution with elevated privileges by modifying backup job scripts 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-2024-40717?
CVE-2024-40717 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication, published on 4 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows a low-privileged user with certain roles to perform remote code execution (RCE) by updating existing jobs. These jobs can be configured to run pre- and post-scripts, which can be located on a network share and are executed with elevated privileges by default. The user can update a job and schedule it to run almost immediately, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server.
Weakness: CWE-306
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40717?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.
How do I fix CVE-2024-40717?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-40717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-40717 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-40717 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup & Replication
- 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-rcf7-pr2j-6q2c.