CVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 9 April 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to /c/router (this may lead to remote code execution across the enterprise because PhysicalDiscovery has cleartext credentials).
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 94.36% probability · 100th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 19 March 2025 · due 9 April 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-36
- Affected
- nakivo/backup \& replication director
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48248
References
- https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htmProduct
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.comExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.