Veeam Backup & Replication admins, get patching! (CVE-2023-27532)
Veeam Software has patched CVE-2023-27532, a high-severity security hole in its widely-used Veeam Backup & Replication solution, and is urging customer to implement the fix as soon as possible.\ About CVE-2023-27532 The nature of CVE-2023-27532 has not been explained – Veeam only says that “the vulnerable process, Veeam.Backup.Service.exe (TCP 9401 by default), allows an unauthenticated user to request encrypted credentials.” Obtaining encrypted credentials might ultimately allow attackers to gain access to the backup infrastructure hosts, the company noted. The email sent by the company to users notifying them of the flaw and the need to patch also did not offer much insight, but noted that “if you use an all-in-one Veeam appliance with no remote backup infrastructure components, you can also block external connections to port TCP 9401 in the backup server firewall as a temporary remediation until the patch is installed.” The email created some confusion with customers, because i