# CVE-2024-48248

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).

- Page: https://www.vulneraibility.com/cve/CVE-2024-48248
- CVSS: 8.6
- Known exploited: yes, in CISA KEV since 2025-03-19; CISA due date 2025-04-09
- EPSS: 94.36%
- Unvetted proof-of-concept code on GitHub: 1 GitHub proof of concept · 1 Nuclei template (first 2025-01-28)
- CISA SSVC: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total (assessed 2025-03-19)
- Weakness: CWE-36
- Published: 2025-03-04

## Affected versions

- NAKIVO Backup & Replication Director: affected < 11.0.0.88174

A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected.

## References

- [other] 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/
- [other] https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- [exploit] https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.com
- [other] https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248

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