CVE-2025-34028
Published 2025-04-22 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source disclosure@vulncheck.com
Summary
CVE-2025-34028 is a critical-severity (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in Commvault Command Center. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 2, 2025, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 23, 2025. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Commvault has 2 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 2 known-exploited Commvault vulnerabilities →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.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: Commvault — Command Center
Name: Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Date added: 2025-05-02 · Due: 2025-05-23
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.
References
- https://documentation.commvault.com/securityadvisories/CV_2025_04_1.html
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Commvault-PreAuth-RCE-CVE-2025-34028
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/fire-in-the-hole-were-breaching-the-vault-commvault-remote-code-execution-cve-2025-34028/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/commvault-command-center-innovation-release-unauthenticated-install-package-path-traversal
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-34028