Veeam’s September Security Update: Patch These Critical Flaws or Risk Total System Takeover!
Veeam has rolled out security updates addressing 18 high and critical flaws in its products, including a severe remote code execution vulnerability in Veeam Backup & Replication. Users are urged to install the latest fixes pronto to avoid becoming the next victim of ransomware actors.
Hot Take:
“Veeam aims to keep your data safer than a dragon guarding its treasure with a slew of September security updates. But if you’re still running old versions, you might as well be leaving your vault door wide open!”
Key Points:
- Veeam released security updates addressing 18 high and critical severity flaws.
- The most severe flaw, CVE-2024-40711, is a critical remote code execution vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8.
- Other vulnerabilities include issues like credential interception, MFA bypass, and local privilege escalation.
- Previous ransomware gangs like Cuba and FIN7 have targeted Veeam vulnerabilities.
- Critical updates also affect Veeam Service Provider Console and Veeam ONE products.
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