CVE-2025-21199 Azure Agent Installer for Backup and Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An authorized local attacker can elevate privileges due to improper privilege management in the Azure Agent Installer for Backup and Site Recovery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-21199?
CVE-2025-21199 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Azure Agent for Backup, published on 11 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper privilege management in Azure Agent Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-21199?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Azure Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2025-21199?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-21199 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-21199 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-21199 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-95f7-jm6f-gv7p.