Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV and Veeam Backup for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization - CVE-2024-40718
Published: September 9, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96948
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-40718
CWE-ID: CWE-918
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Veeam
Affected software:
Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV
Veeam Backup for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization
Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV
Veeam Backup for Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager and Red Hat Virtualization
Detailed vulnerability description
The disclosed vulnerability allows a user attacker to perform SSRF attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote user can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-40718
Install updates from vendor's website.