CVE-2024-48248
NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files...
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).
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
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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).
- Record
CVE-2024-48248- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-36
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-54120
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).
- Record
EUVD-2024-54120- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8j8g-6gw9-rjrf
NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files...
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).
- Record
GHSA-8j8g-6gw9-rjrf- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-36
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
NAKIVO Backup and Replication contains an absolute path traversal vulnerability that enables an attacker to read arbitrary files.
- Record
CVE-2024-48248- Weakness
- CWE-36
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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).
- Record
CVE-2024-48248- CVSS 3.1
- 8.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-36
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248 | 2025-01-28 |
| Nuclei | NAKIVO Backup and Replication Solution - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2024-48248 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.6) in Nakivo Backup & Replication Director, published March 4, 2025. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since March 19, 2025. EUVD reports exploitation since March 19, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.4%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248
helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
github.com/watchtowrlabs/nakivo-arbitrary-file-read-poc-CVE-2024-48248?ref=labs.watchtowr.com
cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2024-48248
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48248