CVE-2026-56844

highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 7 %ileDEEU

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.17% (7th) EPSS

CVSS 8.4 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A vulnerability in the Veeam Updater component of the Veeam Software Appliance that could allow a local user to elevate their privileges and gain root-level access to the underlying operating system.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.4

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.7–8.4

v4.08.4highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v4.08.4highCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · support@hackerone.com

v4.05.7mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22US

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Veeam Backup & Replication Updater <12.3.0.65all versionscert_bundDE
Veeam Backup & Replication≤ Updater <12.3.0.65cert_bundDE
Veeam Backup and Replication< 13.0.2enisa_euvdEU

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-2461Veeam Backup & Replication: Schwachstelle ermöglicht PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2026-07-21csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Veeam Backup & Replication ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-07-22modified 2026-10-24

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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