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TI-2025-08771 Aliases CVE-2025-9578GHSA-qr8m-fjhv-w7q6

Incorrect permission assignment in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent

Priority LOW 35CWE-732Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 40734.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00126 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Acronis): 40734

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
AcronisAcronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agentbefore 4073440734Patch availableCNA
  • Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent VendorAcronis Affected before 40734 Fixed in 40734 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:acronis:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Acronis
  • cpe:2.3:a:acronis:agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Acronis

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Acronis) Fixed in 40734

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-9578
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qr8m-fjhv-w7q6

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2023-24253 Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-59964 Incorrect default permissions in Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM KEVCVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-03146 Improper privilege management in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2025-21714 Weak authentication in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-21713 Weak authentication in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2025-21712 Missing authentication in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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