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CVE-2025-34028: Commvault Command Center Path Traversal

Critical CVSS 10 CISA KEV

Remediation summary

Recommended action
Upgrade affected Command Center installations to 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436, or to 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438.
Affected evidence
1 source affected-product statement
Priority
Known exploited (CISA KEV); Critical severity; CVSS 10
Evidence checked

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What is CVE-2025-34028?

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.

CVE
CVE-2025-34028
Source title
Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Severity
Critical
CVSS
10 (3.1)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE published
2025-04-22
Source updated
2026-06-17T09:13:20Z
Catalog checked
2026-08-24T07:01:48Z
CISA KEV
Known exploited
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-22, CWE-306
CNA / source
disclosure@vulncheck.com
Record status
Analyzed
Catalog quality
metadata-backed

Known exploitation and required action

CISA lists CVE-2025-34028 in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Treat this as direct exploitation evidence when prioritizing the change.

CISA entry
Commvault Command Center Path Traversal Vulnerability
Vendor / project
Commvault
Product
Command Center
Date added
2025-05-02
CISA due date
2025-05-23
Known ransomware use
Unknown

CISA 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.

The recorded CISA due date is a remediation deadline for covered U.S. federal agencies; other organizations can use it as an urgency signal.

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Affected products and version ranges

  • Commvault / Command Center Innovation Release
    • Affected: versions 11.38.0 through 11.38.25 inclusive (semver).
    • Affected-status source: disclosure@vulncheck.com.

AI-assisted evidence synthesis

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Business risk

Critical, remotely exploitable unauthenticated code execution affecting Commvault Command Center installations. The CVE is listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, so remediation should be prioritized. A successful compromise could result in complete compromise of the Command Center environment.

Source-specific exposure conditions

  • Commvault Command Center Innovation Release 11.38 is deployed on Linux or Windows.
  • The affected Command Center installation is reachable by an unauthenticated remote actor, particularly through external network access.
  • The installation has not received the required 11.38 maintenance release and additional updates.
  • Commvault SaaS customers are stated by the vendor to receive the required patches automatically.

Source-specific remediation

  • Upgrade affected Command Center installations to 11.38.20 with SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436, or to 11.38.25 with SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438.
  • Apply the required updates to all applicable Command Center installations, not only the primary installation.
  • If installing the update is not feasible, isolate the Command Center installation from external network access.
  • For Commvault SaaS customers, confirm service-provider patching status; the vendor states that no customer action is required.

Source-specific verification

  • In Command Center, open the Server listing page and inspect each Command Center installation.
  • Confirm that the applicable resolved release is installed: 11.38.20 or 11.38.25.
  • Confirm that the corresponding required additional updates are listed: SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436 for 11.38.20, or SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438 for 11.38.25.
  • Record the installed release and additional-update identifiers as evidence; do not perform exploit-based testing.

Uncertainty and evidence gaps

  • The vendor advisory describes versions 11.38.0 through 11.38.19 as affected, while the later NVD record lists Command Center Innovation Release versions 11.38.0 through 11.38.25 as affected. This appears to reflect that 11.38.20 and 11.38.25 require the specified additional updates to be fully remediated.
  • The supplied record's generic ecosystem classification does not identify the product; authoritative sources identify the affected product as Commvault Command Center Innovation Release.
  • The sources do not establish whether a particular customer installation is externally exposed or whether the required updates are installed.

Claim-to-source evidence

  • Affected Product: The affected product is Commvault Command Center Innovation Release, running on Linux or Windows. Evidence
  • Affected Version: The Commvault vendor advisory identifies Command Center Innovation Release versions 11.38.0 through 11.38.19 as affected; the later NVD record lists the affected range through 11.38.25. Evidence
  • Exposure: An unauthenticated remote actor can upload ZIP files that are expanded by the target server, resulting in path traversal and remote code execution. Evidence
  • Exposure: CVE-2025-34028 is included in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog with a required action to apply vendor mitigations or discontinue use if mitigations are unavailable. Evidence
  • Fixed Version: The vendor identifies 11.38.20 as resolved when SP38-CU20-433 and SP38-CU20-436 are applied, and 11.38.25 as resolved when SP38-CU25-434 and SP38-CU25-438 are applied. Evidence
  • Remediation: If installing the update is not feasible, the vendor recommends isolating the Command Center installation from external network access. Evidence
  • Verification: The vendor specifies verifying remediation on the Server listing page by checking each Command Center installation for the applicable additional updates. Evidence

Synthesis sources

Generation provenance

Model
gpt-5.6-luna
Generated
2026-07-17T10:55:57Z
Prompt version
2026-07-14.2
Specificity
specific
Source fingerprint
6ba71b37317d7c6cc523dc1e84ba69cafd7e2aa9b6c5d0603558f4508fabea98

Recorded gaps

  • generic_ecosystem

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Matched pattern: Authentication bypass and missing authentication

How to check exposure for CVE-2025-34028

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.

Temporary containment

  • Disable the affected login mode or interface and require access through a trusted identity-aware gateway or private network.

How to remediate CVE-2025-34028

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.

How to verify the remediation

  • Verify every protected operation rejects missing, invalid, expired, replayed, and wrong-audience credentials consistently.
  • Confirm session invalidation and credential rotation reached all replicas, caches, gateways, and long-lived connections.

Rollback

  • Restore authentication code, identity-provider settings, dependency locks, gateway policy, and tests from the captured state without restoring rotated secrets.

Stop and triage conditions

  • Stop if any protected path lacks an explicit, testable authentication decision.
  • Switch to incident response if unauthorized sessions or unexplained administrative access are identified.

Required output

Return a reviewer-ready minimal patch with exposure evidence, authoritative fixed-version evidence, regression tests, deployed-artifact verification, rollback notes, and source links; otherwise return TRIAGE.md with the blocking decision and owner.

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References and evidence

Cite this CVE record

Security Recipes. “CVE-2025-34028: Commvault Command Center Path Traversal” Last updated . Canonical URL: https://security-recipes.ai/cve/CVE-2025-34028/.

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