Public PoC Exposes Critical Veeam Agent Privilege Escalation

Reported by Security Affairs (Pierluigi Paganini)

Summary by Cyber Security News22 Sep 2026, 12:13 CEST

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A Veeam Agent flaw lets local users gain SYSTEM privileges. A public PoC is available, raising the risk of exploitation on shared Windows systems. If you’re running Veeam Agent on a Windows endpoint with more than one local user, now’s the time to check the version, not tomorrow.

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