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CVE-2025-21199: Azure Agent Installer for Backup and Site Recovery Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2025-03-11 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
Improper privilege management in Azure Agent Installer allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
Affected products
- Microsoft Azure Agent: before 2.0.9940.0; before 9.30 — fixed in 2.0.9940.0, 9.30
- Microsoft Azure Agent for Backup: from 1.0.0 before 2.0.9940.0 — fixed in 2.0.9940.0
- Microsoft Azure Agent for Site Recovery: from 1.0.0 before 9.30 — fixed in 9.30
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Azure Agent 2.0.9940.0, 9.30; Microsoft Azure Agent for Backup 2.0.9940.0; Microsoft Azure Agent for Site Recovery 9.30. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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