Veeam Backup & Replication CVE-2023-27532 Credential Disclosure via Config DB
CVE-2023-27532 Published on March 10, 2023
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.
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect component contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user operating within the backup infrastructure network perimeter to obtain encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database. This may lead to an attacker gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by September 12, 2023: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-27532 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors in an automatable fashion. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity and availability.
Weakness Type
Missing Authentication for Critical Function
The software does not perform any authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity or consumes a significant amount of resources.
Products Associated with CVE-2023-27532
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Exploit Probability
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