An authentication bypass vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for local privilege escalation.
Priority LOW 35CWE-288Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-288.
Summary
An authentication bypass vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for local privilege escalation.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00222 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Agent for Windows (Veeam): 6.1.2.134
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 Agent for Windows (Veeam) Fixed in 6.1.2.134
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-29853
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9pf7-cj2r-vr62
References
Advisory 1
More Veeam Agent For Windows vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-31110 Improper privilege management in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
- TI-2024-30301 Untrusted search path in Veeam Agent for Windows CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-29853 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-29853 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9pf7-cj2r-vr62 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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