CVE-2024-29212
Published: 14 May 2024
Summary
CVE-2024-29212 is a critical-severity Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CWE-502) vulnerability in Veeam Veeam Service Provider Console. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 3.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-29212 is an unsafe deserialization vulnerability (CWE-502) in the Veeam Service Provider Console (VSPC) server. The flaw resides in the communication path between the management agent and other VSPC components and can be triggered under certain conditions to achieve remote code execution on the VSPC server host. The issue carries a CVSS 3.0 base score of 9.9.
An attacker with network access and low-privileged credentials on the management-agent channel can supply a malicious serialized object, resulting in arbitrary code execution that affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the server with changed scope.
Vendor guidance is published in Veeam knowledge-base article KB4575. The EPSS score for this CVE currently stands at 0.2966, matching its observed peak.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-26229
Vulnerability details
Due to an unsafe de-serialization method used by the Veeam Service Provider Console(VSPC) server in communication between the management agent and its components, under certain conditions, it is possible to perform Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the VSPC server machine.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing supplies malicious serialized objects, detecting unsafe deserialization and supporting corrective actions.
Evaluation of untrusted data handling (deserialization testing) reveals unsafe processing, which the required remediation process addresses.
Untrusted serialized data can be deserialized and observed inside the chamber, blocking gadget-chain exploitation outside the sandbox.
Validates or rejects untrusted serialized data before deserialization occurs.
Identifies and blocks malicious code introduced through deserialization of untrusted data at system boundaries.
Integrity verification of serialized information can detect tampering before deserialization occurs.
Provenance of associated data allows detection of untrusted sources before deserialization or processing occurs.