A vulnerability allowing a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass Windows Driver Signature Enforcement.
Priority LOW 31CWE-77Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-77.
Summary
A vulnerability allowing a local attacker with administrator privileges to bypass Windows Driver Signature Enforcement.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00171 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Backup and Replication (Veeam): 12.3.2Software Appliance (Veeam): 13.0.1
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Backup and Replication (Veeam) Fixed in 12.3.2
- Fix · CNA Software Appliance (Veeam) Fixed in 13.0.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-21709
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v446-j5j2-jvvp
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-21709 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-21709 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v446-j5j2-jvvp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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