CISA Adds NAKIVO Vulnerability to KEV Catalog Amid Active Exploitation
Briefly

CISA has identified a critical security flaw (CVE-2024-48248) in NAKIVO Backup & Replication software, which poses severe risks including unauthorized file reading. The vulnerability affects all versions before 10.11.3.86570 and has a CVSS score of 8.6. Attackers could exploit it to access sensitive data like credentials and configuration files, potentially leading to further exploitation. A proof-of-concept exploit was shared recently by watchTowr Labs. The issue was resolved in update v11.0.0.88174 released in November 2024.
The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has added a high-severity security flaw impacting NAKIVO Backup & Replication software to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
CISA's advisory highlights how an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal vulnerability to read sensitive files, including credentials and configuration files.
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