Vulnerability · CVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
Published Mar 4, 2025 · catalog updated Sep 24, 2026 · NAKIVO Backup and Replication
Patch now
CVE-2024-48248 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 9, 2025. Confirm NAKIVO Backup and Replication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High8.6
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 94.36%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe nakivo/backup & replication director · vendor NAKIVO Backup and Replication
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).
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- cpe nakivo/backup & replication directorversion unspecified
- vendor NAKIVO Backup and Replicationversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2024-48248
Recommended remediation
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Apr 9, 2025.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2024-48248 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Apr 9, 2025. Confirm NAKIVO Backup and Replication against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-36. EPSS 94.36%. 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.
Mar 4, 2025 · Catalog
Detected
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).
Mar 19, 2025 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Apr 9, 2025 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Sep 24, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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).
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup and Replication contains an absolute path traversal vulnerability that enables an attacker to read arbitrary files.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-48248
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2024-48248
30-day exploitation probability 94.4%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-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).
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup and Replication contains an absolute path traversal vulnerability that enables an attacker to read arbitrary files.
vulncheck.com
References
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · dashboard.shadowserver.org
- Exploit · github.com
- CISA note · helpcenter.nakivo.com
- Third Party Advisory · labs.watchtowr.com
- CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
- US Government Resource · cisa.gov
- VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
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.