Unable to add Nutanix AHV cluster due to empty credentials list

Challenge When trying to add a new Nutanix AHV cluster to the Veeam Backup & Replication infrastructure, the operation cannot be finished due to an empty list of credentials. Newly added credentials are not displayed in the Credentials list, and the wizard does not allow adding a new cluster...

Nutanix: AWS S3 bucket writeable for authenticated AWS users

S3 bucket permissions were not configured correctly, allowing any authenticated AWS user to delete and write files. Nutanix didn't properly configure one of their S3 buckets permissions and inadvertently allowed any authenticated AWS user to delete and write files. An attacker could post a...

How to enable Fast Clone functionality with Veeam Availability for Nutanix Mine

End-of-Life Product Nutanix Mine with Veeam reached End-of-Life on 2026-04-30. As of this date, all support services for this product are unavailable. For more information, see the Nutanix EOL Announcement Bulletin - Nutanix Mine, released 2025-04-30. Challenge Fast Clone is the Veeam Backup &...

Release Information for Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 2.0

This update has been superseded by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 2.1. Requirements Be sure to review the upgrade check list section of the User Guide document closely prior to upgrading as Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 2.0 supports integration with Veeam Backup & Replication version 10 and later. Y...

Release Information for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3. This update supersedes Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 2. Solution Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 3 includes improvements and fixes for series of issues. The most critical ones are listed...

Release Information for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 2

Challenge Release Notes for Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 2. Solution Veeam Availability for Nutanix AHV 1.0 Update 2 includes fixes for series of bugs and issues. The most critical ones are listed below. Improved backup performance in some cases due to not enough queue depth on...

How to Move Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV Backup Files

Purpose This article documents how to migrate Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV backup files to a different Veeam Backup & Replication Repository. Solution Considerations and Limitations This process only works when moving backup files between Repositories of the same Veeam Backup & Replication server...

Nutanix: Local file disclosure through SSRF at next.nutanix.com

Issue marked resolved and test fixed in January 2019...

Nutanix AOS & Prism < 5.5.5 (LTS) / < 5.8.1 (STS) SFTP Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

Exploit Title: Nutanix AOS & Prism - SFTP Authentication Bypass Exploit Author: Adam Brown Vendor Homepage: https://www.nutanix.org Software Link: https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options/ Version: 5.5.5 LTS, 5.8.1 STS Tested on: Acropolis Operating System CVE : Related to CVE-2018-7750...

Nutanix AOS Prism 5.5.5 (LTS) 5.8.1 (STS) - SFTP Authentication Bypass

Nutanix AOS Prism 5.5.5 LTS 5.8.1 STS - SFTP Authentication Bypass Exploit Title: Nutanix AOS & Prism - SFTP Authentication Bypass Date: 2018-10-27 Exploit Author: Adam Brown Vendor Homepage: https://www.nutanix.org Software Link: https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options/ Version: 5.5.5...

Nutanix AOS And Prism SFTP Authentication Bypass

Exploit Title: Nutanix AOS & Prism - SFTP Authentication Bypass Date: 2018-10-27 Exploit Author: Adam Brown Vendor Homepage: https://www.nutanix.org Software Link: https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options/ Version: 5.5.5 LTS, 5.8.1 STS Tested on: Acropolis Operating System CVE : Related ...

Nutanix AOS & Prism < 5.5.5 (LTS) / < 5.8.1 (STS) - SFTP Authentication Bypass

Exploit Title: Nutanix AOS & Prism - SFTP Authentication Bypass Date: 2018-10-27 Exploit Author: Adam Brown Vendor Homepage: https://www.nutanix.org Software Link: https://www.nutanix.com/products/software-options/ Version: 5.5.5 LTS, 5.8.1 STS Tested on: Acropolis Operating System CVE : Related ...

Adding layer versions with Nutanix fails with error: Failed to execute the script.

When trying to add versions to layers, the task may fail with an error. Failed to execute the script. Unable to perform the operation. The Nutanix server has encountered a failure processing the request 500. Error: internal server error. Details: Error occurred while creating Disk image...

Nutanix Prism Detection (HTTP)

Detection of Nutanix Prism. The script sends a connection request to the server and attempts to detect Nutanix Prism and to extract its version. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective rig...

Protection Domain Has Third-Party Backup Snapshot(s)

Challenge Two different issues are possible: Scenario 1: Cannot Remove Protection Domain When trying to remove a protection domain containing the virtual machines, which are being backed up by Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV backup appliance, the following error occurs: Specified protection domain h...

Volume groups created by proxy got stuck in UI

Challenge When a Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV backup job fails unexpectedly, or the backup proxy appliance is powered off for some reason manual power-off, hypervisor host crash, or any unexpected failure, you may get the volume groups created for backup purposes left in Prism Element and not...

Backups Fail After Upgrade to AOS 5.8.0.1 or Later

Article Applicability This article documents a bug ENG-163615 Nutanix discovered in AOS 5.6.1 and resolved in AOS 5.9.1. These AOS versions were supported by all versions of Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV up to version 5. Starting with Veeam Backup for Nutanix AHV 5, the minimum required AOS versio...

App Layering: Nutanix AHV 5.5 support requires ELM 4.9 or above

App Layering 4.8 and before is not compatible with networking changes in Nutanix AHV 5.5. Depending on the operation you are performing, you may see any of these errors: Failed to connect to the server at 'host' A failure occurred connecting to the Nutanix server. Error = write EPROTO...

events.nutanix.com XSS vulnerability

Open Bug Bounty ID: OBB-336592 Description| Value ---|--- Affected Website:| events.nutanix.com Open Bug Bounty Program:| Create your bounty program now. It's open and free. Vulnerable Application:| Custom Code Vulnerability Type:| XSS Cross Site Scripting / CWE-79 CVSSv3 Score:| 6.1...

Nutanix AHV Connector Failure: "The storage container cannot be accessed"

Error observed: "The storage container cannot be accessed. Please check that the ELM is in the container's 'white list'. " When deploying App Layering to Nutanix AHV: You are able to "check credentials" on the left half of the connector screen successfully, and it enumerate templates and storage...