CVE-2026-56844 PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone
Reserved: 23.06.2026 Published: 22.07.2026 Updated: 22.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Local	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

Product Status

Vendor	Veeam
Product	Backup and Replication
Versions	Default: affected unaffected from 13.0.2 to 13.0.2 (excl.)

References

https://www.veeam.com/kb4879

Problem Types

CWE-22 Path Traversal CWE