CVE-2022-26500
Actively exploited. CVE-2022-26500 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-12-13) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- The Veeam Distribution Service allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions, potentially leading to remote code execution.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Veeam Backup & Replication that expose the internal API.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to active exploitation of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Patch to the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication.
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Exploitation outlook
- Exploitation confirmedAlready exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 92% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2022-26500: Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2022-12-13
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