📄 Description (English)
Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution Vulnerability — The Veeam Distribution Service in the Backup & Replication application allows unauthenticated users to access internal API functions. A remote attacker can send input to the internal API which may lead to uploading and executing of malicious code.
🤖 AI Executive Summary
CVE-2022-26500 is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication affecting the Distribution Service. Attackers can exploit exposed internal API functions to upload and execute arbitrary code without authentication. With a CVSS score of 9.0 and publicly available exploits, this poses an immediate threat to organizations relying on Veeam for backup infrastructure across Saudi Arabia.
📄 Description (Arabic)
🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: Apr 21, 2026 19:41
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
This vulnerability poses severe risk to Saudi banking sector (SAMA-regulated institutions), government agencies (NCA oversight), healthcare organizations (MOH), energy sector (ARAMCO, Saudi Aramco subsidiaries), and telecommunications providers (STC, Mobily). Veeam is widely deployed for critical backup infrastructure. Compromise could lead to data exfiltration, ransomware deployment, business continuity disruption, and regulatory violations under SAMA CSF and NCA ECC 2024 frameworks.
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
Banking and Financial Services
Government and Public Administration
Healthcare
Energy and Utilities
Telecommunications
Large Enterprises with Critical Infrastructure
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
9.2
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
IMMEDIATE ACTIONS:
1. Identify all Veeam Backup & Replication instances in your environment and document versions
2. Isolate affected systems from untrusted networks immediately
3. Restrict network access to Veeam Distribution Service ports (default 6160) to authorized administrators only
4. Enable firewall rules to block external access to Veeam services
PATCHING:
5. Apply Veeam security patches immediately (v11.0.1 hotfix 4 or later, v12.0 with latest updates)
6. Verify patch installation and restart Veeam services
7. Test backup and restore functionality post-patching
COMPENSATING CONTROLS (if patching delayed):
8. Implement network segmentation isolating Veeam infrastructure
9. Deploy WAF/IPS rules blocking suspicious API calls to Distribution Service
10. Monitor Veeam logs for unauthorized API access attempts
11. Implement API authentication enforcement at network boundary
DETECTION:
12. Monitor for HTTP POST requests to /api/v1/ endpoints without authentication
13. Alert on file uploads to Veeam temporary directories
14. Track process execution spawned by Veeam services
15. Review Veeam audit logs for suspicious Distribution Service activity
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
الإجراءات الفورية:
1. حدد جميع نسخ Veeam Backup & Replication في بيئتك وتوثيق الإصدارات
2. عزل الأنظمة المتأثرة عن الشبكات غير الموثوقة فوراً
3. قيد الوصول إلى منافذ خدمة Veeam Distribution (الافتراضي 6160) للمسؤولين المصرح لهم فقط
4. فعّل قواعد جدار الحماية لحظر الوصول الخارجي لخدمات Veeam
التصحيح:
5. طبق تحديثات أمان Veeam فوراً (v11.0.1 hotfix 4 أو أحدث، v12.0 مع أحدث التحديثات)
6. تحقق من تثبيت التصحيح وأعد تشغيل خدمات Veeam
7. اختبر وظائف النسخ الاحتياطي والاستعادة بعد التصحيح
الضوابط البديلة (إذا تأخر التصحيح):
8. طبق تقسيم الشبكة لعزل بنية Veeam
9. نشر قواعد WAF/IPS لحظر استدعاءات API المريبة
10. راقب سجلات Veeam للوصول غير المصرح به
11. طبق فرض المصادقة على مستوى حدود الشبكة
الكشف:
12. راقب طلبات HTTP POST إلى نقاط نهاية /api/v1/ بدون مصادقة
13. نبّه على تحميلات الملفات إلى مجلدات Veeam المؤقتة
14. تتبع تنفيذ العمليات التي تبدأها خدمات Veeam
15. راجع سجلات تدقيق Veeam للنشاط المريب في خدمة التوزيع
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
ECC 2024 A.5.1.1 - Access Control Policies
ECC 2024 A.5.2.1 - User Registration and Access Rights
ECC 2024 A.8.1.1 - Information Security Awareness
ECC 2024 A.12.2.1 - Change Management
ECC 2024 A.12.6.1 - Management of Technical Vulnerabilities
🔵 SAMA CSF
SAMA CSF ID.AM-2 - Software Inventory
SAMA CSF PR.AC-1 - Access Control
SAMA CSF PR.PT-2 - Secure Development Practices
SAMA CSF DE.CM-1 - Network Monitoring
SAMA CSF RS.MI-2 - Incident Response Procedures
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
ISO 27001:2022 A.5.1 - Policies for Information Security
ISO 27001:2022 A.6.1 - Internal Organization
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.1 - Asset Management
ISO 27001:2022 A.8.2 - Data Classification
ISO 27001:2022 A.13.1 - Network Security
🟣 PCI DSS v4.0
PCI DSS 6.2 - Security Patches
PCI DSS 6.5.1 - Injection Flaws
PCI DSS 11.2 - Vulnerability Scanning
🔗 References & Sources 0
No references.
📦 Affected Products / CPE 1 entries
Veeam:Backup & Replication