Local privilege escalation due to improper handling of environment variables.
Priority LOW 35CWE-15Published · 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 improper handling of environment variables. The following products are affected: Acronis True Image OEM (macOS) before build 42571, Acronis True Image (macOS) before build 42902.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00173 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Acronis True Image OEM (Acronis): 42571Acronis True Image (Acronis): 42902
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Acronis True Image OEM (Acronis) Fixed in 42571
- Fix · CNA Acronis True Image (Acronis) Fixed in 42902
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-33092
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xr7f-6r6v-cqmm
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-2026-33092 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-33092 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xr7f-6r6v-cqmm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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