Acronis Cyber Protect 17 prior 41186 external reference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Performing a manipulation results in external reference. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-28722. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a external reference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-610. The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. 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-2026-28722 since 03/03/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 41186 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-0620). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Acronis Cyber Protect

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 7.3
CNA Vector (Acronis): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: External reference
CWE: CWE-610
CAPEC: 🔒
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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-2026-28722 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-28722
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-349371
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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