CVE-2024-40711 is a critical deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability affecting Veeam Backup & Replication, allowing unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE). With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a low-complexity attack vector that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This vulnerability is actively exploited, including in known ransomware campaigns, and has garnered significant community attention, with public exploit templates available. Organizations using affected Veeam products should prioritize immediate patching to mitigate the severe risk posed by this flaw.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 12.0.0.1420, < 12.2.0.334CPE 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.