CVE-2025-34028
Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 23 May 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The Commvault Command Center Innovation Release allows an unauthenticated actor to upload ZIP files that represent install packages that, when expanded by the target server, are vulnerable to path traversal vulnerability that can result in Remote Code Execution via malicious JSP. This issue affects Command Center Innovation Release: 11.38.0 to 11.38.20. The vulnerability is fixed in 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436 and also fixed in 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438.
- CVSS 4.0
- 9.3 CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 97.60% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Listed 2 May 2025 · due 23 May 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-306
- Affected
- commvault/commvault
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
EPSS 97.6% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
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://documentation.commvault.com/securityadvisories/CV_2025_04_1.html ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34028
References
- https://documentation.commvault.com/securityadvisories/CV_2025_04_1.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Commvault-PreAuth-RCE-CVE-2025-34028Exploit
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/fire-in-the-hole-were-breaching-the-vault-commvault-remote-code-execution-cve-2025-34028/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/commvault-command-center-innovation-release-unauthenticated-install-package-path-traversalThird Party Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-34028US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.