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CVE-2026-56844

HIGH
8.4
CVSS 4.0
Description
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-56844
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
hackerone
Reserved
2026-06-23 15:00 UTC
Published
2026-07-22 00:44 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-22 00:44 UTC
Primary CWE
CWE-22
CWE-22 Path Traversal
Vendor / Product
Veeam / Backup and Replication
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.4 HIGH CVSS 4.0
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
Affected products (1)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Veeam Backup and Replication — 13.0.2 < 13.0.2
Weakness (CWE)
CWESourceDescription
CWE-22 cna CWE-22 Path Traversal
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.4 HIGH 4.0 cna 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
References (1)
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