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CVE-2022-26501

73
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-26501 is a critical Incorrect Access Control vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication versions 10.x and 11.x. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full compromise (confidentiality, integrity, availability) over the affected system with low attack complexity. This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild, including in known ransomware campaigns, and has garnered significant community attention with 13 mentions and 3 media articles. Despite its active exploitation, no public exploit code is currently available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 10.0.0.4442, < 10.0.1.4854CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 11.0.0.825, < 11.0.1.1261CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1.4854CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:10.0.1.4854:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1.4854CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:10.0.1.4854:p20201202:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1.4854CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:10.0.1.4854:p20210609:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Dec 13, 2022
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0428 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
veeam.com
Vendor Advisory
veeam.com / kb4288
Vendor Advisory