CVE-2024-40717: Veeam Backup & Replication

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication allows a low-privileged user with certain roles to perform remote code execution (RCE) by updating existing jobs. These jobs can be configured to run pre- and post-scripts, which can be located on a network share and are executed with elevated privileges by default. The user can update a job and schedule it to run almost immediately, allowing arbitrary code execution on the server.

Affected products

• Veeam Veeam Backup & Replication: from 12.0.0.1402, before 12.3.0.310 (fixed in 12.3.0.310)

Published 2024-12-04. Last modified 2026-06-17.