Azure Site RecoveryApplication · Microsoft

CVE-2022-26898

HIGH · 7.2 CVSS v3.1 Published 2022-04-15
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 9.48 or later.
See remediation →
78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Azure Site Recovery Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

Azure Site Recovery contains a remote code execution vulnerability that could allow an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected Azure service infrastructure.

MitigationApply Microsoft security updates for Azure Site Recovery as provided through Azure's patch management. Verify that the ASR configuration follows least-privilege principles and network segmentation.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Azure Site RecoveryApplication
Affected:< 9.48

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify Azure Site Recovery usage
    In Azure Portal, search for 'Recovery Services vaults' or use Azure CLI command 'az backup vault list' to check if any Recovery Services vaults exist in your subscriptions
    Affected if No Recovery Services vaults exist - you are not using Azure Site Recovery
  2. Check ASR provider version
    In Azure Portal, navigate to Recovery Services vault > Site Recovery infrastructure > For VMware/Physical > Configuration servers, or use Azure CLI 'az site-recovery configuration-server show' to view the ASR provider version
    Affected if The ASR provider or configuration server version is displayed and is less than 9.48
  3. Check ASR agent version for replicated machines
    On each protected machine, check the ASR agent version by looking at installed programs named 'Azure Site Recovery' or run 'Get-ItemProperty' on the ASR agent installation directory if known
    Affected if The installed ASR mobility agent version is less than 9.48
  4. Check Recovery Services vault properties
    In Azure Portal, go to Recovery Services vault > Properties > Site Recovery, or use Azure CLI 'az backup vault show' with '--query properties' to retrieve vault configuration including ASR version details
    Affected if The Site Recovery configuration shows a version component that is less than 9.48

You are affected if your Azure Site Recovery deployment (provider, agents, or configuration servers) shows any version component that is numerically less than 9.48.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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AI-assisted, checked against the advisory. Informational, not a guarantee.

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 9.48 or later
Fixed in 9.48
Interim mitigation

Apply Microsoft security updates for Azure Site Recovery as provided through Azure's patch management. Verify that the ASR configuration follows least-privilege principles and network segmentation.

Recommended fix High confidence

9.48

  1. Check current Azure Site Recovery version in the Recovery Services vault under Site Recovery infrastructure
  2. Review Azure Site Recovery release notes for version 9.48 for any known issues or prerequisites
  3. Schedule a maintenance window ensuring replication is healthy before upgrading
  4. Upgrade Azure Site Recovery to version 9.48 or later through the Azure Portal or Azure Resource Manager
  5. Verify upgrade success by confirming Site Recovery services are running and replication health is normal

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Azure Site Recovery Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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