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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-46869 · published 31 August 2023

CVE-2022-46869: Acronis cyber protect home office link following vulnerability

Acronis · Cyber Protect Home Office

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.24% · top 86.8% CWE-610 · CWE-610CWE-59 · Link following
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.24%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-3835 Release NotesVendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-3835 Release NotesVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-46869), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.