Local privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect products
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent for Windows before build 42569 and Acronis Cyber Protect 17 for Windows before build 42587 are affected. An improper authentication flaw (CWE-1390) lets the products be abused for privilege escalation. A local user with low privileges can exploit it without user interaction to gain high confidentiality and integrity impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Local privilege escalation due to improper authentication. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 42569, Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 42587.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acronis | Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent | before 42569 | 42569 | Patch available | CNA |
| Acronis | Acronis Cyber Protect 17 | before 42587 | 42587 | Patch available | CNA |
Remediation
Update Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent for Windows to build 42569 and Acronis Cyber Protect 17 for Windows to build 42587.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Acronis) Fixed in 42569
- Fix · CNA Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Acronis) Fixed in 42587
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Acronis Cyber Protect 17 42587
11 records Highest priority Priority LOW 11 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-81804 Token validation flaw in Acronis Cyber Protect 17 exposes dataPriority LOW 34
- TI-2026-81803 Acronis Cyber Protect 17 token validation disclosure and manipulationPriority LOW 34
- TI-2026-81807 Acronis Cyber Protect 17 lacks SSL certificate checks, leaking dataPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-30414
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-2qff-gqpm-828r
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Advisory 1
More Acronis vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2025-30414 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-30414 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2qff-gqpm-828r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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