Executive Summary

CVE-2026-32996 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows that allows for local privilege escalation.

This means that an attacker with limited access to the system could exploit this vulnerability to gain higher privileges, potentially allowing them to perform actions that are normally restricted.

The vulnerability affects all versions of Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows up to and including 13.0.1.2067 and was resolved in version 13.0.2.29.

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Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can impact you by allowing an attacker with local access to escalate their privileges on your system.

With elevated privileges, the attacker could gain unauthorized control over system resources, potentially leading to data compromise, unauthorized changes, or disruption of services.

To mitigate this risk, it is important to update Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows to version 13.0.2.29 or later.

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Mitigation Strategies

To mitigate the CVE-2026-32996 vulnerability in Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows, users should update to the latest version of the software.

• Upgrade to Veeam Backup & Replication version 13.0.2.29 or later, where the issue has been resolved.

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