How severe is CVE-2022-26500?

CVE-2022-26500 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2022-26500: Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-12-13

Remediation due

2023-01-03

Ransomware

Known use

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://www.veeam.com/kb4288; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26500

Description

Improper limitation of path names in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5U3, 9.5U4,10.x, and 11.x allows remote authenticated users access to internal API functions that allows attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

2 Links

Other references

Record Details

Published

2022-03-17

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

mitre

Credited to

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