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CVE-2026-105477

Local privilege escalation in managed Veeam Agent for Linux

CVSS 4.0
7.3 high
EPSS
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Published
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Modified
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Veeam Agent for Linux has a local privilege escalation flaw (CWE-426, untrusted search path). A local user with low privileges can trigger it without user interaction and gain high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the host. Only agents managed by a Veeam Backup & Replication instance are affected.

What to do: Apply Veeam's update for CVE-2026-105477. No workaround is stated; only Backup & Replication-managed agents are in scope.

ProductAffected
Veeam Agent for Linux—
Estimated exposure
No basis for an estimate.

Order-of-magnitude estimate by the model from install counts, market share and public scan data it knows; verify before quoting.

Description · NVD

A vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Linux allows for local privilege escalation. Only installations that are managed by a Veeam Backup & Replication instance are affected.

Weakness
CWE-426
Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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