Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937 TLS inadequate encryption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937. It has been rated as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component TLS Handler. The manipulation leads to inadequate encryption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-48960. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 up to 39937 and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component TLS Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a inadequate encryption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-326. The product stores or transmits sensitive data using an encryption scheme that is theoretically sound, but is not strong enough for the level of protection required. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Weak server key used for TLS encryption. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 39938.

It is possible to read the advisory at security-advisory.acronis.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-48960 since 05/29/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1600 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 39938 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-16874). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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CNA Base Score: 5.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Inadequate encryption
CWE: CWE-326 / CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Cyber Protect 16 39938

Timelineinfo

05/29/2025 🔍
06/04/2025 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: security-advisory.acronis.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-48960 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-48960
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-311171
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/04/2025 15:45
Updated: 06/04/2025 17:24
Changes: 06/04/2025 15:45 (64), 06/04/2025 17:24 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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