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

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name

NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

Vendor

NAKIVO

Product

Backup and Replication

Added to the catalog

2025-03-19

Due date for US federal agencies

2025-04-09

Weaknesses

CWE-36

Catalog version

2026.10.30

NAKIVO Backup and Replication contains an absolute path traversal vulnerability that enables an attacker to read arbitrary files.

Required action (CISA)

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

• https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48248

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NVD analysis

Status

Analyzed

Published

2025-03-04T08:15:33.550

Last modified

2026-09-24T13:10:00.320

Weaknesses

CWE-36, NVD-CWE-Other

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).

References

• https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm (Product)
• 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/ (Third Party Advisory)
• https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248/?ref=labs.watchtowr.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner

mitre

State

PUBLISHED

Published

2025-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Updated

2025-10-21T22:55:28.559Z

Problem types

CWE-36 Absolute Path Traversal

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).

References

• 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://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm

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Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)

D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.

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