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CVE-2022-3405· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Acronis

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent.

Code execution and sensitive information disclosure due to excessive privileges assigned to Acronis Agent. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows, Linux) before build 29486, Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 (Windows, Linux) before build 16545.

HighCVSS 8.8 · v3.1—Weaponized Fix available
Published
May 3, 2023
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
5.3% · 92th percentile
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Action score

37

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
35 / 40 · 8.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
2 / 30 · 5.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
8.8
CNA · Acronis
9.3
0.5 point gap

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

Affected systems

VendorProduct
acroniscyber backup
acroniscyber protect
linuxlinux kernel
microsoftwindows

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • acronis cyber backup12.5
  • acronis cyber protect15

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Acronis). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Acronis Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5

    • unspecified and later · before 16545affected · semver

  • Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 15

    • unspecified and later · before 29486affected · semver

Same product

acronis: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2022-30995Sensitive information disclosure due to improper authentication.
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2020-10138Acronis Cyber Backup 12.5 and Cyber Protect 15 include an OpenSSL component that specifies an OPENSSLDIR variable as a subdirectory within C
    31Monitor
  • CVE-2020-16171An issue was discovered in Acronis Cyber Backup before 12.5 Build 16342.
    28Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Acronis Acronis Cyber Backup 12.516545Vendor (CNA)
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 1529486Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

Weaponized

A ready exploit tool or active in-the-wild use is known for this vulnerability. This should be your top priority.

Evidence

  • Metasploit module ×2

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Metasploit moduleauxiliary/gather/acronis_cyber_protect_machine_info_disclosureAcronis Cyber Protect/Backup machine info disclosureauxiliary—
Metasploit moduleexploit/multi/http/acronis_cyber_protect_unauth_rce_cve_2022_3405Acronis Cyber Protect/Backup remote code executionexploit2022-11-08

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Metasploit-176 d
  2. Published
  3. TodaySep 30, 2026+1246 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

The product’s vendor appears in a public program. Matched by name; verify the scope text in the program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

To simplify setup, a service account is granted broad, cluster-wide permissions. The principle of least privilege is skipped during installation.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-269 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

yaml
kind: ClusterRolerules:  - apiGroups: ["*"]    resources: ["*"]    verbs: ["*"]

Fixed

yaml
kind: Rolemetadata:  namespace: lodos-systemrules:  - apiGroups: ["apps"]    resources: ["deployments"]    verbs: ["get", "list", "update"]

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Noroxi analysis

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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