Our takeCERT-Bund flags a medium local privilege-escalation flaw in Veeam Backup & Replication. Patch if you run B&R yourself — small setups and enterprise backup estates alike.Cyber Resilience desk
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What this means for you — Security leader:Patch Veeam Backup & Replication for the local privilege-escalation flaw on all in-scope backup servers. Inventory affected builds and treat backup hosts as high-value until updated.
What this means for you — Lean IT orgs:If you run Veeam Backup & Replication yourself, install the update. A local account on that server could raise its privileges until you do.
What this means for you — MSP:Inventory Veeam Backup & Replication across client estates and schedule the privilege-escalation patch; prioritize shared backup servers in the cycle.
What this means for you — Researcher:CERT-Bund WID-SEC-2026-2461: local privilege escalation in Veeam Backup & Replication, medium severity. Vendor fix is the primary artifact.