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Active exploitation observed Confirmed confidence In CISA KEV

CVE-2024-48248

Backup & Replication Director Path Traversal

NAKIVO / Backup & Replication Director · affected before 11.0.0.88174

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Severity
CVSS 8.6 · High
Confidence
Confirmed
Exploit status
Observed in sensors
EPSS
94.4%
First observed
12 Jun 2026
Last observed
18 Oct 2026

Decision summary

What security teams need to know first

Direct answers before the deeper technical record.

What it is

CVE-2024-48248 is an unauthenticated vulnerability affecting NAKIVO Backup & Replication Director. NAKIVO Backup & Replication before 11.0.0.88174 allows absolute path traversal for reading files via getImageByPath to...

Is it exploited?

Yes. Previdian sensors observed exploitation attempts with confirmed confidence. Listed in CISA KEV. Also confirmed by third-party sources.

Who is affected?

NAKIVO / Backup & Replication Director affected before 11.0.0.88174.

What should we do?

Patch immediately, validate internet-facing exposure, and monitor for matching requests.

Overview

Backup & Replication Director Path Traversal

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).

NAKIVO Affected
Backup & Replication Director
Before 11.0.0.88174
Published
04 Mar 2025
Exploitation Reported
19 Mar 2025
Attack vector
Remote
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None

Tags

edge cisa nuclei_scanner nessus_scanner

CVE References

Exploitation evidence

Why Previdian marks this CVE as exploited

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Exploited in the wild

CISA

Recorded 19 Mar 2025

A trusted third party reported exploitation.

Active exploitation observed

Previdian sensor

First observed 12 Jun 2026

Previdian first observed exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability in our honeypot sensors.

Proof of concept available

GitHub

Recorded 28 Jan 2025

Public scanner or PoC coverage increases practical exploitability.

Known exploited vulnerability sources

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Source Added
CISA First 2025-03-19 00:00 UTC
CVE 2026-06-03 10:06 UTC
The Shadowserver 2026-06-27 10:15 UTC
Previdian Sensors 2026-09-24 11:57 UTC

Operational indicators for this CVE are listed under Detection.

Sensor telemetry

First-party evidence of exploitation activity

Previdian sensors recorded exploitation attempts targeting this vulnerability. The cards and chart show volume, unique attackers, and daily activity.

22

Attempts observed

6

Unique attacker IPs

5

Attacker countries

BG · CH · LT · US · YE

6

Sensors observed

CVE-2024-48248 exploitation attempts over the last 67 days

Daily events observed by Previdian sensors

Updated 24 Oct 2026

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First observed 12 Jun 2026 · Last observed 18 Oct 2026

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Detection

Operational artifacts and observed signals

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Observed signals

Request targets
User-Agents
Callback hosts
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Virtual patch status

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Attacker IP Indicators

Attacker IP indicators observed · available in Pro and Enterprise.

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Scanner Artifacts

Scanner and exploit-framework references linked to this CVE.

Scanner Reference Detected
Nessus https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/114612 02 Jun 2025
Nuclei https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-48248.yaml 25 Apr 2025

Risk and context

Severity, weaknesses, and research context

CVSS v3.1

8.6 High

Potential damage if exploited. Separate from whether attackers are using it.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

94.4%

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Previdian's warning comes from evidence, not this score.

Weaknesses

Absolute Path Traversal CWE-36

Potential Proof of Concepts

These PoCs are unverified and could contain malware. Use at your own risk.

NAKIVO Backup and Replication Solution - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read

nuclei · Created Unknown

Timeline

From disclosure to observed exploitation

  1. 10:15 UTC

    KEV confirmed by The Shadowserver

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  2. 14:20 UTC

    Public PoC available

    Public proof-of-concept code published

  3. 00:34 UTC

    Indicators of compromise added (35)

    Indicators of compromise recorded

  4. 00:34 UTC

    Observed by Previdian sensors

    Evidence-backed exploitation signal

  5. 10:06 UTC

    KEV confirmed by CVE

    Exploitation attested by an external source

  6. 09:39 UTC

    Nessus plugin available

    Scanner coverage available

  7. 00:00 UTC

    Nuclei template available

    Scanner coverage available

  8. 00:00 UTC

    Added to CISA KEV

    Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  9. 00:00 UTC

    CVE published

    Vulnerability disclosed publicly

  10. 00:00 UTC

    CVE ID reserved

    Identifier reserved by the CNA

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Sample API response 
{
  "cve_id": "CVE-2024-48248",
  "confidence": "Confirmed",
  "cvss_score": 8.6,
  "cvss_estimated": false,
  "epss_score": 0.94356,
  "exploit_status": {
    "exploited_in_the_wild": true,
    "active_exploitation_observed": true
  },
  "sensor_telemetry": { "attempts": 22, "sensors": 6 }
}