high8.6Known exploited
CVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
Exploited in the wild
This vulnerability is on a Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue, added 2025-03-19. Federal due date: 2025-04-09.
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Impact
NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to /c/router (this may lead to remote code execution across the enterprise because PhysicalDiscovery has cleartext credentials).
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Nakivo | Backup \& Replication Director | before 11.0.0.88174 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- CISA KEV catalog
- https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.com
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248