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CVE-2024-40711

9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomware

Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization Vulnerability

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CVSS
9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
90% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
7 Sept 20242 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 17 Oct 2024 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 7 Nov 2024, a deadline that has passed.

Required action. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Description

A deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability with a malicious payload can allow an unauthenticated remote code execution (RCE).

Details

Vendor
Veeam
Product
Backup and Recovery
Weakness
CWE-502 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
support@hackerone.com

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References 3

Exploit code 1

Advisories 1

Other references 1

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Veeam CVEs

Every Veeam CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2023-27532 Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability KEV EPSS 81% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2022-26500 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 6% 8.8, high
  • CVE-2022-26501 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability KEV EPSS 4% 9.8, critical

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CVE-2024-40711 is in the CISA catalogue of exploited vulnerabilities: attackers are already exploiting it.

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.