Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-23114

Critical

Published: 05 February 2025

Published
05 February 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3 9.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0046 64.7th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-23114 is a critical-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Veeam Updater (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.0 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 35.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A vulnerability in Veeam Updater component allows Man-in-the-Middle attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected server. This issue occurs due to a failure to properly validate TLS certificate.

CWE(s)
CWE-295

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

Veeam
Updater
inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

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.

SA-19 Component Authenticity
addresses: CWE-295

When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.

SC-17 Public Key Infrastructure Certificates
addresses: CWE-295

Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.

SC-45 System Time Synchronization
addresses: CWE-295

Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.

References