Intercepting Sensitive Credentials During Restore Operations
CVE-2024-40714

8.3HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Veeam
Status
Backup And Recovery
Vendor
CVE Published:
7 September 2024

What is CVE-2024-40714?

An improper certificate validation vulnerability has been identified in Veeam Backup & Replication, where inadequate checks during TLS certificate validation can be exploited by an attacker on the same network. This flaw potentially allows unauthorized interception of sensitive credentials during restore operations, posing a serious security threat to data integrity and confidentiality in enterprise environments.

Affected Version(s)

Backup and Recovery 12.1.2

References

https://www.veeam.com/kb4649

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.3
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2024-40714 : Intercepting Sensitive Credentials During Restore Operations