# CVE-2025-48982: Privilege escalation in Agent for Microsoft Windows

> Attackers can escalate privileges if an administrator restores a malicious file using Veeam Agent for Windows.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wv6c-g43h-2hgj

## What is CVE-2025-48982?

CVE-2025-48982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, published on 30 Oct 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

This vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows allows for Local Privilege Escalation if a system administrator is tricked into restoring a malicious file.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48982?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Veeam Veeam Agent for Windows.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-48982?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-48982 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows

- [CVE-2024-29853](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29853/): Auth bypass in Agent for Windows (high 7.8)
- [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-2025-48982 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-48982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, published on 30 Oct 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48982 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Veeam Agent for Microsoft 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-2025-48982/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48982/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48982
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48982
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48982

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48982/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.