CVE-2023-27532
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the...
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
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
NVD Score used
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- Record
CVE-2023-27532- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- Record
CVE-2023-27532- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-31287
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- Record
EUVD-2023-31287- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hh3c-xpmg-w5fr
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the...
Vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication component allows encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database to be obtained. This may lead to gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- Record
GHSA-hh3c-xpmg-w5fr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CISA KEV No score
Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function Vulnerability
Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect component contains a missing authentication for critical function vulnerability that allows an unauthenticated user operating within the backup infrastructure network perimeter to obtain encrypted credentials stored in the configuration database. This may lead to an attacker gaining access to the backup infrastructure hosts.
- Record
CVE-2023-27532- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| PoC in GitHub | horizon3ai/CVE-2023-27532 | 2023-03-18 |
| PoC in GitHub | sfewer-r7/CVE-2023-27532 | 2023-03-23 |
| PoC in GitHub | puckiestyle/CVE-2023-27532-RCE-Only | 2024-07-05 |
| PoC in GitHub | yunus-a1i/veeam-cve-2023-27532-mock | 2025-11-26 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| exploitation, exploits | ||
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, CISA KEV, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2023-27532 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Veeam Backup & Replication, published March 10, 2023. CISA lists it as known to be exploited, since August 22, 2023. EUVD reports exploitation since August 22, 2023. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 80.6%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.