CVE-2023-27532highunder attackransomwareCWE-306

CVE-2023-27532: high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication

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98Vexday Risk Score

Prioritize patching. It under exploitation confirmed by CISA, has a public proof of concept and 2 threat group(s) use it.

ssvc Actcvss 7.5epss 81%
from disclosure to weapon8 days
Published on NVDMar 10
1st PoC+8d
CISA KEV+165d
Who exploits it — 2

Groups known to exploit this vulnerability (MITRE ATT&CK attribution).

RansomwareAkira ransomware.live
RansomwareQilin🇷🇺 ransomware.live
Action required by CISAfederal deadline: 2023-09-12

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

In short

A flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication allows attackers to extract encrypted passwords stored in the backup system's database. With these credentials, an attacker could gain unauthorized access to the servers that manage backups.

Technical detail

CWE-306 (Missing Authentication Check) permits extraction of encrypted credentials from the configuration database in Veeam Backup & Replication. An attacker with database access or suitable privileges can decrypt stored credentials and authenticate to backup infrastructure hosts, compromising the entire backup ecosystem.

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Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
n/a · Veeam Backup & Replication
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