CVE-2025-64391 Path traversal in Agent for Windows
A low-privileged local user can exploit arbitrary file write during installation to achieve privilege escalation or code execution.
- 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-2025-64391?
CVE-2025-64391 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Windows, published on 7 Oct 2026. 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 a low-privileged local user to make the agent write files to arbitrary locations when an administrator installs it.
Weakness: CWE-1386
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64391?
How do I fix CVE-2025-64391?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64391 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-64391 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-64391 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5r3x-99rx-26hr.