CVE-2024-48248: NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability
- Is it exploited?
Yes. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 19 Mar 2025, 15 days after the CVE record was published.
- How likely is exploitation in the next 30 days?
- 94.4%
EPSS score, percentile 99.9 of all scored records
- How severe?
- 8.6 High
CVSS v3.1 base score, given by the CNA
- What should I do?
Required action (CISA), due 9 Apr 2025: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
- Which versions are affected?
Affected: before 11.0.0.88174
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
What to do
Required action, set by CISA
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA due date for this action: 9 April 2025.
Advisories and patches
The CVE record links no vendor advisory, patch or mitigation.
Linked from CISA's catalog entry
- https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48248
Affected products and versions
As listed in the CVE record.
| Status | Versions |
|---|---|
| Affected | before 11.0.0.88174 |
Versions not listed are: unaffected.
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
About this vulnerability
NAKIVO Backup and Replication contains an absolute path traversal vulnerability that enables an attacker to read arbitrary files.
Summary: CISA's KEV catalog, as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA added CVE-2024-48248 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 19 Mar 2025.
- CISA's ransomware flag for this entry is "Unknown": no evidence of ransomware use in the catalog, which is not proof of none.
- The due date CISA sets for the required action is 9 Apr 2025.
- The CVE record was published on 4 Mar 2025, 15 days before it was added to KEV.
- The CVE record carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.6 (High), given by its CNA.
- FIRST's EPSS model puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 94.4% (percentile 99.9), as of 28 Oct 2026.
- CISA's SSVC assessment in the CVE record: exploitation active, automatable yes, technical impact total.
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, 2026.10.28, as of 28 Oct 2026; CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026; FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), v2026.06.15, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Description
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).
Source: CVE List V5 (CVE Program), cve_2026-10-28_0000Z, as of 28 Oct 2026. About the data.
Weakness
- CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal
CWE and CAPEC are maintained by MITRE; the entries are those named in the CVE record and the KEV entry.
Timeline
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 4 Mar 2025 | CVE record published |
| 19 Mar 2025 | Added to CISA KEV |
| 9 Apr 2025 | CISA due date for the required action |
| 21 Oct 2025 | CVE record last updated |