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Absolute Path Traversal

CVE-2024-48248

High
8.6/10

Summary

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).

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • CHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-36 - Absolute Path Traversal

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published