bleepingcomputer.com
By Sergiu Gatlan
March 12, 2026

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 Windows-based Veeam Backup & Replication servers, extract saved SSH credentials, and bypass restrictions to manipulate arbitrary files on a Backup Repository.

These vulnerabilities were discovered during internal testing or reported through HackerOne and are resolved in Veeam Backup & Replication versions 12.3.2.4465 and 13.0.1.2067.

Veeam also warned admins to upgrade the software to the latest release as soon as possible, since threat actors often begin developing exploits shortly after patches are released.

"It's important to note that once a vulnerability and its associated patch are disclosed, attackers will likely attempt to reverse-engineer the patch to exploit unpatched deployments of Veeam software," the company warned. "This reality underscores the critical importance of ensuring that all customers use the latest versions of our software and install all updates and patches without delay."

VBR servers targeted in ransomware attacks
VBR is popular among managed service providers and mid-sized to large enterprises, even though ransomware gangs commonly target VBR servers because they can serve as a quick jumping-off point for lateral movement within breached networks, simplify data theft, and make it easy to block restoration efforts by deleting victims' backups.

The financially motivated FIN7 threat group (which previously collaborated with the Conti, REvil, Maze, Egregor, and BlackBasta ransomware groups) and the Cuba ransomware gang have both been linked to past attacks targeting VBR vulnerabilities.

Sophos X-Ops incident responders also revealed in November 2024 that Frag ransomware exploited another VBR RCE bug disclosed two months earlier and also used in Akira and Fog ransomware attacks starting in October 2024.

Veeam says its products are used by more than 550,000 customers worldwide, including 74% of Global 2,000 firms and 82% of Fortune 500 companies.