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CVE-2025-34028

KEV PoC large

Unauthenticated Path Traversal RCE in Commvault Command Center

CISA: Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability

CVSS 4.0
9.3 critical
EPSS
98%p100
Published
()
KEV added
AI analysis

Commvault Command Center (Innovation Release 11.38.0 through 11.38.20) is vulnerable to a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) that requires no authentication (CWE-306). An unauthenticated remote attacker uploads a maliciously crafted ZIP file masquerading as an install package to the Command Center web interface; when the target server expands the archive, path traversal lets attacker-controlled files, including malicious JSP webshells, be written outside the intended location. The result is unauthenticated remote code execution on the backup management server, giving attackers a foothold in a core enterprise data-protection component. Any organization running the affected 11.38 release train of Command Center is exposed, particularly if the console is reachable from the internet. The flaw is being actively exploited in the wild: it was added to CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-05-02, carries a 97.7% EPSS exploitation probability, and public PoC exploit code is available.

What to do: Upgrade Command Center to 11.38.20 with hotfixes SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436, or to 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438. Until patched, restrict internet exposure of the Command Center web console and check for signs of compromise such as unexpected JSP files or webshells written by the application. Federal agencies must apply vendor mitigations per CISA BOD 22-01 guidance or discontinue use of the product.

Affected
Commvault Command Center (Innovation Release)11.38.0 to 11.38.20; fixed in 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436, and in 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438
Estimated exposure
largelikely tens of thousands of enterprise deployments running the affected 11.38 release train, of which roughly hundreds to a few thousand Command Center… — Commvault is one of the largest enterprise backup/data-protection vendors with a substantial installed base, but this flaw affects a single, recent release train of the management console, and enterprise backup consoles are often kept…

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description

The Commvault Command Center Innovation Release allows an unauthenticated actor to upload ZIP files that represent install packages that, when expanded by the target server, are vulnerable to path traversal vulnerability that can result in Remote Code Execution via malicious JSP. This issue affects Command Center Innovation Release: 11.38.0 to 11.38.20. The vulnerability is fixed in 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436 and also fixed in 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438.

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
Affected
Commvault Command Center
Required action
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Due date
Ransomware use
Unknown
Vendors
commvault
Products
commvault
Weakness
CWE-22, CWE-306
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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