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Veeam warns of critical flaws exposing backup servers to RCE attacks

Data protection company Veeam Software has patched multiple flaws in its Backup & Replication solution, including four critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities. VBR is enterprise data backup and recovery software that helps IT administrators to create copies of critical data for quick restoration following cyberattacks and hardware failures. Three RCE security flaws patched today (tracked as CVE-2026-21666, CVE-2026-21667, and CVE-2026-21669) allow low-privileged domain users to execute remote code on vulnerable backup servers in low-complexity attacks. The fourth one (tracked as CVE-2026-21708) allows a Backup Viewer to gain remote code execution as the postgres user. Veeam also addressed several high-severity security bugs that can be exploited to escalate privileges on…

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Mar 12, 2026
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