Acronis Cyber Protect 17 prior 41186 uncontrolled search path

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17 and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2026-28712. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.

It is possible to read the advisory at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-28712 since 03/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be difficult. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1574 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 41186 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0620). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Acronis Cyber Protect

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.5

VulDB Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Temp Score: 6.7
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 6.3
CNA Vector (Acronis): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Uncontrolled search path
CWE: CWE-427 / CWE-426
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔒

Upgrade: Cyber Protect 17 41186

Timelineinfo

03/03/2026 CVE reserved
03/06/2026 +3 days Advisory disclosed
03/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
03/10/2026 +4 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

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

CVE: CVE-2026-28712 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28712
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349359
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0620 - Acronis Cyber Protect und Cyber Protect Cloud Agent: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2026 07:37
Updated: 03/10/2026 16:52
Changes: 03/06/2026 07:37 (62), 03/08/2026 22:19 (7), 03/10/2026 16:52 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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