# CVE-2024-29853: Auth bypass in Agent for Windows

> Local attackers can bypass authentication to escalate privileges on systems running Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 May 2024
- **Updated:** 4 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9pf7-cj2r-vr62

## What is CVE-2024-29853?

CVE-2024-29853 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Windows, published on 22 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An authentication bypass vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for local privilege escalation.

Weakness: CWE-288 (Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-29853?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veeam Veeam Agent for Windows.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-29853?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-29853 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-29853 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Agent for Windows

- [CVE-2025-48982](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48982/): Privilege escalation in Agent for Microsoft Windows (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2024-45207](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45207/): Other in Agent for Windows (high 7.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-29853 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-29853 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Windows, published on 22 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-29853 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Veeam Agent for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29853/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29853/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-29853
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29853
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-29853

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29853/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.