# CVE-2025-34028: Commvault Command Center Innovation Release - Path Traversal

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2025-34028 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2025-34028

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 10.0
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Commvault Command Center Innovation Release
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))
- **Tags:** enterprise_software

## Description

A path traversal vulnerability in Commvault Command Center Innovation Release allows an unauthenticated actor to upload ZIP files, which, when expanded by the target server, result in Remote Code Execution.





This issue affects Command Center Innovation Release: 11.38.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2025-34028](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2025-34028) is a critical vulnerability in Commvault Command Center that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve remote code execution by abusing a path traversal flaw during ZIP file uploads.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 29th of April 2025.

Insights from the CrowdSec network reveal that the attackers trying to exploit CVE-2025-34028 are composed of a fairly even mix of opportunistic and targeted actors. Some attackers employ preliminary reconnaissance, while others use indiscriminate scanning.
Additionally, according to week-over-week analysis by CrowdSec, exploitation of CVE-2025-34028 is surging. Attack volumes are spiking well above historical norms, indicating widespread and escalating interest from threat actors. CVE-2025-34028 is currently experiencing high visibility and active exploitation across the internet.

Observed exploitation efforts typically target requests to the `/commandcenter/deploywebpackage.do` endpoint.

## Timeline

- 2025-04-22: CVE Published. CVE-2025-34028 is published to NVD.
- 2025-04-29: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2025-34028 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-04-29: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2025-34028 for the first time.
- 2025-05-02: CISA KEV. CVE-2025-34028 is added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog by CISA.
- 2025-05-23: CISA Remediation Deadline. Expiration of the CISA remediation deadline as described in [BOD 22-01](https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/directives/bod-22-01-reducing-significant-risk-known-exploited-vulnerabilities).

## References

- https://documentation.commvault.com/securityadvisories/CV_2025_04_1.html
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-34028.yaml
- https://labs.watchtowr.com/fire-in-the-hole-were-breaching-the-vault-commvault-remote-code-execution-cve-2025-34028/
- https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchTowr-vs-Commvault-PreAuth-RCE-CVE-2025-34028

## Live exploitation data

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