CVE-2022-26501
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
- Record
CVE-2022-26501- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
- Record
CVE-2022-26501- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-31059
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
- Record
EUVD-2022-31059- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vhpf-rh57-x3v9
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
Veeam Backup & Replication 10.x and 11.x has Incorrect Access Control (issue 1 of 2).
- Record
GHSA-vhpf-rh57-x3v9- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-306, CWE-863
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-26501- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-26501 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Veeam Backup & Replication, published March 17, 2022. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since December 13, 2022. EUVD reports exploitation since December 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.10%, the 90th percentile. No source names a fixed version.