Deserialization of untrusted data in Veeam Agent for Windows 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0.2, 4.x, and 5.x allows local users to run arbitrary code wi…

published 2022-03-17 4y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2022-31061

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits: 0; none known

Deserialization of untrusted data in Veeam Agent for Windows 2.0, 2.1, 2.2, 3.0.2, 4.x, and 5.x allows local users to run arbitrary code with local system privileges.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

veeam veeam 4.0.2.2208, 5.0.3.4708

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Exploit prediction

0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.2	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

veeam.com
vendor-advisory
veeam.com /kb4289
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-26503
NVD CVE-2022-26503

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