Insufficiently protected credentials in Veeam Backup and Recovery
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-40710
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9xxg-2v8x-4j8c
References
Advisory 1
More Veeam Backup & Replication vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-27107 Deserialization of untrusted data in Veeam Backup and Recovery KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09844 Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2). KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-09843 Improper limitation of path names in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5U3, 9.5U4,10.x, and… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-12256 Missing authentication in Veeam Backup & Replication KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-19623 Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager allows unauthenticated users to log in as any user to enterprise manager web interface. CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-16913 A vulnerability allowing remote code execution (RCE) on the Backup Server by an authenticated domain user CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2024-40710 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-40710 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9xxg-2v8x-4j8c · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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