CVE-2022-24468
Published: 09 March 2022
Summary
CVE-2022-24468 is a high-severity an unspecified weakness vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Site Recovery. Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-24468 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Azure Site Recovery. It carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.2 with network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high privileges required, resulting in complete loss of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected component.
An authenticated attacker with high privileges can send specially crafted requests over the network to the Azure Site Recovery service and execute arbitrary code, enabling full control over the recovery environment and any associated virtual machines or replication infrastructure.
Microsoft’s advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-24468 addresses the issue and directs customers to apply the available updates. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0705 with no material increase since disclosure, indicating limited observed exploitation interest to date.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-29349
Vulnerability details
Azure Site Recovery Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.