Medium severity · published Feb 6, 2026
CVE-2025-13818
Local privilege escalation in ESET Management Agent for Windows
6.7
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local privilege escalation vulnerability via insecure temporary batch file execution in ESET Management Agent
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EM
ESET Management Agent · ESET spol s.r.o.
through 12.5.2104.0 · source: vendor
MA
Management Agent · Eset
through 12.5.2104.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-13818
Vendor Advisory
https://support.eset.com/en/ca8913-eset-customer-advisory-local-privilege-escalation-via-insecure-temporary-batch-file-execution-in-eset-management-agent-for-windows-fixed