Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid Administrator credentials
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ExploitAuthenticate to Veeam ONE
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ExecutionGlobally disable MFA before verification
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ImpactBypass second factor, retain admin access
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Alternate path authentication
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| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires the attacker to already possess valid Veeam ONE Administrator credentials (CVSS PR:H) and network access to the Veeam ONE interface (AV:N). The specific mechanism is the global MFA-disable capability being usable before the attacker's own MFA verification is completed, allowing the second factor to be turned off and bypassed. The key limiting factor is the administrative-privilege prerequisite: this is not exploitable by unauthenticated or low-privileged users, so it functions as an MFA-defeat/defense-in-depth bypass rather than an initial-access vector. No user interaction is required (UI:N). Affected: Veeam ONE 13.1 up to and including build 13.1.0.7233. |
| Impact | This is a high-CVSS (8.5, CVSS 4.0) authentication-weakness issue (CWE-288) whose real-world urgency is tempered by its precondition: the CVSS vector PR:H confirms the attacker must already hold valid Administrator credentials, and the description matches this - MFA is disabled globally by an authenticated administrator before MFA verification completes. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_week' (not act_now/emergency), and there is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score in the provided data, so there is no signal of active or widespread exploitation. No PoC or exploit reference is present in the input. The practical risk is therefore an MFA-defeat/privilege-retention or second-factor-bypass concern against accounts that are already administrative - valuable to an attacker who has phished or stolen admin credentials and wants to neutralize MFA as a safety net, but not a remote-unauthenticated mass-exploitation scenario. VI:H/VC:H reflect that defeating MFA undermines the integrity and confidentiality of the authentication control itself. Note the tension: network vector (AV:N) and low complexity (AC:L) look severe, but PR:H sharply narrows the realistic attacker set - this is a defense-in-depth failure, not an initial-access vulnerability. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has already obtained valid Veeam ONE Administrator credentials (e.g. via phishing or credential reuse) logs in and, before completing the multi-factor verification step, invokes the global MFA-disable function, turning off MFA for the deployment and bypassing the second factor. This lets the attacker retain persistent administrative access and strip the MFA protection that would otherwise guard other admin accounts. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; the attack is network-reachable (AV:N) with low complexity (AC:L) but requires pre-existing administrative privileges (PR:H). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Veeam ONE 13.1 (through build 13.1.0.7233) exposes a global multi-factor authentication toggle that can be used before the operator's own second-factor check completes, so an attacker who already holds valid Administrator credentials can switch MFA off for the whole deployment and then authenticate with the password alone. The CVSS 4.0 score of 8.5 with PR:H reflects that this is not an initial-access path: it converts a stolen or guessed administrator password into full administrative control by removing the second factor, with high confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation are identified in the available data, and the priority label places remediation in the current week rather than as an emergency.
RemediationAI
Apply the vendor fix described in Veeam KB4951 (https://www.veeam.com/kb4951); the provided data scopes affected code to 13.1 through build 13.1.0.7233 but does not state an exact patched build number, so confirm the current fixed release on the advisory before upgrading and avoid assuming a version from the affected range. Until the upgrade is applied, the exposure is bounded by the administrative-credential prerequisite: inventory and tighten the set of accounts holding the Veeam ONE Administrator role, since any such account can reach the pre-verification MFA toggle, and review the global MFA state on the server for unexpected disabling. Restricting network reachability of the Veeam ONE interface to trusted management networks reduces the population able to present stolen administrator credentials but does not fix the flaw and will break remote or distributed operator access that is not tunnelled through those networks. Auditing MFA configuration changes and administrator authentication events provides detection for abuse, though it is detective only; keeping the second factor enforced after upgrading preserves the control this issue defeats.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel) is the root-cause class: the MFA-disable function is reachable through a code path that is not gated behind the completion of MFA verification, so the enforcement mechanism can be dismantled from inside the very interface it is meant to protect. The affected component is Veeam ONE, the monitoring, reporting and analytics platform used to oversee VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V estates; CPE cpe:2.3:a:veeam:one identifies the product, and EUVD scopes the flaw to release 13.1 up to and including build 13.1.0.7233. The supplied CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N) and the independent assessment's CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) agree on the essentials: reachable over the network, no user interaction, no attack-complexity or attack-requirements barrier, but a hard administrative-privilege prerequisite. Neither vector nor the description indicates a race condition, memory corruption or timing dependency, and the trigger beyond the pre-verification reachability of the MFA toggle is not described in the available sources. Operationally this behaves as a defense-in-depth defeat that converts compromised administrator credentials into durable, MFA-free administrative access rather than as a route to obtain credentials in the first place.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable with low complexity but requires pre-existing Administrator privileges (PR:H); defeating MFA compromises authentication integrity and confidentiality (C:H/I:H), with no availability impact (A:N).
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CVSS VectorVendor: hackerone
DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability allowing an attacker with valid Administrator credentials to bypass multi-factor authentication by disabling it globally before completing MFA verification.
Executive ViewAI
Veeam ONE 13.1 contains a security gap that allows an attacker with existing Administrator credentials to disable multi-factor authentication for the entire deployment, effectively removing the second layer of defense. This elevates a stolen or guessed administrator password into full control, affecting all systems managed by Veeam ONE. Leadership should care because this undermines MFA-a key control for protecting critical backup and monitoring infrastructure-and could lead to unauthorized access, data compromise, or operational disruption.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: enforce strict password policies, restrict management interface access to trusted networks, monitor for unauthorized MFA changes, and apply additional authentication layers (e.g., network access controls) until a patch is available.
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-111120
GHSA-9fmf-8fw4-3qq7
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