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CVE-2024-48248: NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2025-03-19
• EPSS: 94.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-03-04 · updated 2026-09-24
• Weakness: CWE-36

Description

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

• NAKIVO Backup & Replication Director: before 11.0.0.88174 — fixed in 11.0.0.88174

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NAKIVO Backup & Replication Director 11.0.0.88174. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• 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

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