CVE-2025-24286 Privilege escalation in Backup and Recovery
An authenticated Backup Operator can modify backup jobs to execute arbitrary code, leading to privilege escalation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24286?
CVE-2025-24286 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 18 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability allowing an authenticated user with the Backup Operator role to modify backup jobs, which could execute arbitrary code.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24286?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.
How do I fix CVE-2025-24286?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24286 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-24286 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24286 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-qppv-c8jg-w628.