---
title: "Security digest: September 4, 2024"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/2024-09-04/
description: "September 4, 2024 vulnerability digest: 1 brief (Veeam Backup & Replication RCE (CVE-2024-40711)). What to patch and who can relax."
type: security-digest-day
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-09-04
date_modified: 2026-10-21
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# Security digest: September 4, 2024

1 editorial brief.

## Take stock

- Act now: Veeam Backup & Replication RCE (CVE-2024-40711) . Every organization running Veeam Backup & Replication 12.1.2.172 or an earlier version 12 build, or an unsupported older version.
- None of it touches your stack? Then there is nothing to do today. That is a result, not a failure to read carefully.

## Editorial briefs

- **Act now** [Veeam Backup & Replication RCE (CVE-2024-40711)](https://erroneo.us/security/briefs/veeam-backup-replication-rce-cve-2024-40711/index.md): Ransomware crews have used this to take over backup servers; any Veeam Backup & Replication v12 server below 12.2 is an emergency, and backup servers should never be reachable from user or internet networks.

## Known exploited (CISA KEV)

None.

## Critical advisories

None.

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