Commvault Command Center Innovation 11.38 ZIP File Upload path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Commvault Command Center Innovation 11.38. This affects an unknown part of the component ZIP File Upload. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-34028. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Commvault Command Center Innovation 11.38. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component ZIP File Upload. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was disclosed by Sonny. The advisory is shared for download at documentation.commvault.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-34028 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 11/29/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is declared as attacked. This issue was added on 05/02/2025 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 05/23/2025:

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-12275). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Commvault

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• Command Center Innovation

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• 11.38

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