# CVE-2024-48248: NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability

> CVE-2024-48248: NAKIVO Backup and Replication Absolute Path Traversal Vulnerability. CVSS 8.6 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-48248
Last updated: 2026-09-24T13:10:00Z

- Published: 2025-03-04 00:00 UTC · Updated: 2026-09-24 13:10 UTC · Assigner: mitre
- CVSS: 8.6 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: High · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS: 94.4%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2025-03-19, federal due date 2025-04-09, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-36

## 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).

## CISA required action

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

## Affected vendors and products

- NAKIVO: Backup & Replication Director

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-48248)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-48248)
- [https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm](https://helpcenter.nakivo.com/Release-Notes/Content/Release-Notes.htm)
- [https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/](https://labs.watchtowr.com/the-best-security-is-when-we-all-agree-to-keep-everything-secret-except-the-secrets-nakivo-backup-replication-cve-2024-48248/)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-48248 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2024-48248.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2024-48248 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T02:14:43.800Z