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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-26500

Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Mar 17, 2022 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Veeam Backup & Replication

Patch now

CVE-2022-26500 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 3, 2023. Confirm Veeam Backup & Replication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
High8.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
5.83%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe veeam/veeam backup & replication · vendor Veeam Backup & Replication

The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe veeam/veeam backup & replication10.0.1.4854
  • cpe veeam/veeam backup & replication11.0.1.1261
  • cpe veeam/veeam backup & replication9.5.0.1536
  • cpe veeam/veeam backup & replication9.5.4.2615
  • vendor Veeam Backup & Replicationversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-26500

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-26500 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Jan 3, 2023. Confirm Veeam Backup & Replication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with veeam/veeam backup & replication 10.0.1.4854; veeam/veeam backup & replication 11.0.1.1261; veeam/veeam backup & replication 9.5.0.1536; veeam/veeam backup & replication 9.5.4.2615. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 5.83%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 17, 2022 · Catalog

    Detected

    The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

  2. Dec 13, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Jan 3, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-26500

    The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-26500

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-26500

    30-day exploitation probability 5.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-26500

    Improper limitation of path names in Veeam Backup & Replication 9.5U3, 9.5U4,10.x, and 11.x allows remote authenticated users access to internal API functions that allows attackers to upload and execute arbitrary code.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-26500

    The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.