CVE-2024-29849 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager, allowing unauthenticated attackers to log in as any user to the web interface. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this flaw presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not yet listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating a high likelihood of active exploitation. Organizations using affected Veeam products should prioritize immediate patching to mitigate this severe threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 12.1.2.172CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veeam:veeam_backup_\&_replication:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.