CVE-2025-13918 Elevation of Privileges in Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client
An attacker can exploit this vulnerability in the Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client to gain elevated access to protected system resources.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13918?
CVE-2025-13918 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Broadcom Symantec Endpoint Protection Windows Client, published on 28 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Symantec Endpoint Protection, prior to 14.3 RU10 Patch 1, RU9 Patch 2, and RU8 Patch 3, may be susceptible to a Elevation of Privilege vulnerability, which is a type of issue whereby an attacker may attempt to compromise the software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13918?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13918?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13918 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-13918 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13918 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rr2p-52gj-855x.