Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as Restore Operator
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DeliveryPlant traversal-named files on controlled NAS share
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ExploitTrigger restore/processing of share
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ExecutionPath traversal writes files to arbitrary server path
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ImpactOverwrite/implant files to compromise backup server
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling Path canonicalization, traversal prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Discovery, Collection The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires two concurrent prerequisites explicitly stated in the description: (1) an authenticated account holding the Veeam Restore Operator role (reflected as PR:H), and (2) attacker control over the contents of a NAS share that is backed up by that Veeam server. The attacker crafts files with relative path-traversal names so that processing/restoration writes them to an arbitrary path on the backup server. Limiting factors: this is not remote-unauthenticated - it needs a specific delegated role plus a position of control over backup source data, and the CVSS AC:H/AT:P metrics indicate the traversal/restore condition is not guaranteed on every attempt; affected deployments are limited to Backup and Replication 13.0 before 13.0.3 and 13.1 before 13.1.2. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.0 base 5.9), high-barrier integrity flaw, not an emergency. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N) signals the key constraints: it requires high privileges (PR:H - an authenticated account holding the Restore Operator role) AND a present-but-not-attacker-guaranteed condition (AT:P) AND high attack complexity (AC:H), because the attacker must additionally control the contents of a backed-up NAS share that is then restored. Impact is scoped to integrity (VI:H with VA:L, i.e. VC:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N) - arbitrary file write on the backup server, with no direct confidentiality loss reflected in the metrics. No EPSS score was provided and the vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV; no POC or exploit reference is present in the input, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The vendor decision label is 'this_month' (not act_now/emergency), consistent with a privileged-insider / supply-chain-of-backup-data vector rather than broad opportunistic exploitation. Net: genuinely privileged and conditional - a real concern where Restore Operator duties are delegated or NAS backup sources are not trusted, but low likelihood of widespread exploitation. Missing signal to note: no EPSS and no independent POC confirmation were supplied, so real-world exploitation probability cannot be quantified from this data. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated user holding the Veeam Restore Operator role who can also influence the files on a NAS share that Veeam backs up plants files with crafted relative path names (containing traversal sequences) in that share. When those contents are processed/restored by the backup server, the traversal causes attacker-controlled files to be written to an arbitrary location on the backup server, potentially overwriting or implanting executable or configuration content. No public exploit code or POC reference is present in the supplied data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 28, 2026
Arbitrary file write in Veeam Backup & Replication 13.x lets an authenticated holder of the Restore Operator role, who also controls the contents of a NAS share that the backup server protects, place attacker-authored files at an arbitrary path on the backup server via relative path traversal. Only Backup and Replication 13.0 before 13.0.3 and 13.1 before 13.1.2 are affected, and the assessed vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L) reflects a high-barrier integrity impact with no confidentiality loss and limited availability impact, since exploitation needs both the delegated role and a position of control over backup source data. This is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.0 base 5.9), high-barrier integrity flaw, not an emergency; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis and the issue is not in CISA KEV, with vendor fixes available in 13.0.3 and 13.1.2.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: upgrade Veeam Backup & Replication 13.0 installations to 13.0.3 and 13.1 installations to 13.1.2, per Veeam KB4948 at https://www.veeam.com/kb4948. Because the flaw requires an authenticated Restore Operator plus control of a backed-up NAS share's contents, exposure scoping until the update is applied should review which accounts hold the Restore Operator role and which NAS shares are writable by users who also hold that role, narrowing either side of the pair to break the stated prerequisite; note that removing the role limits legitimate delegated restore workflows for those accounts. The available sources do not describe any additional vendor-supplied workaround beyond updating.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory / path traversal), specifically relative path traversal in how Veeam Backup & Replication processes data originating from a protected NAS share. Because the backup server ingests file names and metadata from the source share, a user who controls that share's contents can supply entries named with relative traversal sequences, and when that backup data is processed or restored the server resolves those names outside the intended destination and writes files to an arbitrary path on the backup server itself. The CPE string cpe:2.3:a:veeam:backup_and_replication identifies the affected codebase, and the EUVD listing scopes it to the 13.x branches (13.0 before 13.0.3, 13.1 before 13.1.2), so earlier major versions are not described as affected in the available sources. Two prerequisites compound to gate the flaw: an authenticated account holding the Restore Operator delegated role (captured as PR:H in both the CVSS 4.0 vector and the independently assessed CVSS 3.1 vector) and control over the contents of a NAS share that the Veeam server backs up. The supplied sources do not describe the precise traversal parsing path or restore routine involved, so the exact trigger is not described in the available sources; the assessed AC:H and AT:P metrics indicate that the traversal/restore condition is not guaranteed on every attempt, and the resulting impact is scored as integrity-high with availability-low and no confidentiality effect.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
PR:H for the required Restore Operator role, AC:H because the attacker must also control NAS share contents processed by restore; impact is arbitrary file write (I:H) with minor availability effect (A:L) and no confidentiality loss.
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability allowing an authenticated user with the Restore Operator role, who also controls the contents of a backed-up NAS share, to write attacker-controlled files to an arbitrary path on the backup server through relative path traversal.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Path traversal exploits occur when applications use user-controlled input to construct file system paths without proper validation.
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