CVE-2024-40711 (GCVE-0-2024-40711)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-09-07 16:11 – Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55
VLAI? CISA
Summary
A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).
Severity ?
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Veeam Backup and Recovery Affected: 12.1.2 , ≤ 12.1.2 (semver)
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
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Date added: 2024-10-17

Due date: 2024-11-07

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

Used in ransomware: Known

Notes: https://www.veeam.com/kb4649 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40711

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