Unauthenticated RCE in a widely deployed Veeam Management Pack component used in enterprise MS System Center environments; allows full server compromise and lateral movement.
CVE-2023-22793
Unauthenticated remote code execution in Veeam Management Pack (Virtualization Extensions).
Is CVE-2023-22793 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2023-22793 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked.
How severe is CVE-2023-22793?
CVE-2023-22793 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.3. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2023-22793?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2023-22793. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2023-22793 affect?
CVE-2023-22793 affects Veeam Management Pack for Microsoft System Center, Veeam Virtualization Extensions service. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2023-22793?
Apply vendor update immediately or disable the Veeam Virtualization Extensions service until patched.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Unauthenticated RCE on servers running Veeam Virtualization Extensions, enabling system takeover, lateral movement, and data theft.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 9.0 and < 13.1.0.334
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.