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[NEW] [medium] Veeam Backup & Replication: Vulnerability allows privilege escalation

mediumCVE-2026-56844
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication to escalate their privileges.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Veeamproduct: Veeam Backup & ReplicationPrivilege escalation
What
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication to escalate their privileges.
Who is affected
Local deployments of Veeam Backup & Replication are affected.
Urgency
Remediation is medium urgency as exploitation is possible but not currently being actively exploited.
Action
Update to the latest version of Veeam Backup & Replication to fix the vulnerability.

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Details

Source
CERT-Bund (BSI) Security Advisories (DE · national-cert · site)
Severity
medium
Published
2026-07-23
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync
Language
Machine-translated to English — verify against the original

Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2026-2461

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2026-56844coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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