CVE-2023-27532
Actively exploited. CVE-2023-27532 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2023-08-22) — exploitation has been observed in the wild, and US federal agencies are required to remediate it under BOD 22-01. Treat patching as urgent.
Public exploit code is available. Proof-of-concept or working exploit code for CVE-2023-27532 is indexed in GitHub PoC. Expect opportunistic scanning and exploitation attempts — prioritize remediation.
Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect component contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user operating within the backup infrastructure network perimeter to obtain encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database. This may lead to an attacker gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A missing authentication vulnerability allows unauthenticated users to obtain encrypted credentials.
- Who is affected
- Users operating within the backup infrastructure network perimeter.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical.
- Action
- Apply the latest security patches for 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 100% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Exploit availability
Public exploit or proof-of-concept code for CVE-2023-27532 is indexed in these free datasets. Available exploit code raises real-world risk independent of the CVSS score.
- GitHub PoCPublic proof-of-concept repositories on GitHub reference this CVE.look it up ↗
Advisory coverage (1)
- criticalexploitedCVE-2023-27532: Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerab…cisa-kev · 2023-08-22
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