CVE-2025-59469 Privilege escalation in Backup and Recovery
Critical 9.0
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-59469 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-59469 is a critical vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 8 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Veeam Backup and Recovery. 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-2025-59469/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-59469/index.md)
A Backup or Tape Operator can write files as root, leading to privilege escalation and potential code execution in Veeam Backup and Recovery.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-59469?
CVE-2025-59469 is a critical vulnerability in Veeam Backup and Recovery, published on 8 Jan 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
This vulnerability allows a Backup or Tape Operator to write files as root.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59469?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Veeam Veeam Backup \& Replication.
How do I fix CVE-2025-59469?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59469 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-59469 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-59469 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2024-40711 Veeam Backup and Replication Deserialization
- CVE-2022-26501 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2022-26500 Veeam Backup & Replication Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2023-27532 Veeam Backup & Replication Cloud Connect Missing Authentication for Critical Function
- CVE-2026-21666 Missing authorization in Backup and Replication
Sources
Also known as GHSA-388c-fp3f-fvcv.