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Rockwell Automation Lifecycle Services with Veeam Backup and Replication

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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

  • CVSS v4 9.4
  • ATTENTION: Exploitable remotely/low attack complexity
  • Vendor: Rockwell Automation
  • Equipment: Lifecycle Services with Veeam Backup and Replication
  • Vulnerability: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

2. RISK EVALUATION

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker with administrative privileges to execute code on the target system.

3. TECHNICAL DETAILS

3.1 AFFECTED PRODUCTS

Rockwell Automation reports the following Lifecycle Services with Veeam Backup and Replication are affected:

  • Industrial Data Center (IDC) with Veeam: Generations 1 – 5
  • VersaVirtual Appliance (VVA) with Veeam: Series A – C

3.2 VULNERABILITY OVERVIEW

3.2.1 DESERIALIZATION OF UNTRUSTED DATA CWE-502

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Veeam Backup and Replication, which the affected products use. Exploitation of the vulnerability can allow a threat actor to execute code on the target system.

CVE-2025-23120 has been assigned to this vulnerability. A CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

A CVSS v4 score has also been calculated for CVE-2025-23120. A base score of 9.4 has been calculated; the CVSS vector string is (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H).

3.3 BACKGROUND