Acronis Cyber Protect 17 prior 41186 external reference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to external reference. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2026-28721. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a external reference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-610. The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.

The advisory is available at security-advisory.acronis.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-28721 since 03/03/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 41186 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0620). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Affected

  • Acronis Cyber Protect

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.8
VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
VulDB Vector: 🔒
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Acronis): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: External reference
CWE: CWE-610
CAPEC: 🔒
ATT&CK: 🔒

Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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-2026-28721 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28721
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349370
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2026-0620 - Acronis Cyber Protect und Cyber Protect Cloud Agent: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 03/06/2026 07:41
Updated: 03/10/2026 17:14
Changes: 03/06/2026 07:41 (61), 03/08/2026 22:20 (7), 03/10/2026 17:14 (1)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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