# CVE-2025-59468: Command injection in Backup and Recovery

> A Backup Administrator can execute arbitrary code as the postgres user via a malicious password parameter in Veeam Backup and Recovery.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-48mv-p55r-f874

## What is CVE-2025-59468?

CVE-2025-59468 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 8 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

This vulnerability allows a Backup Administrator to perform remote code execution (RCE) as the postgres user by sending a
malicious password parameter.

Weakness: CWE-77 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-59468?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59468 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-59468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Backup and Recovery

- [CVE-2024-40711](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-40711/): Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26501](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26501/): Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-26500](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26500/): Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-27532](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27532/): Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function (high 7.5, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-21666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-21666/): Missing authorization in Backup and Replication (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-59468 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 8 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Veeam Backup and Recovery. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-59468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-59468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-59468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.