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Vulnerability record · CVE-2023-45248 · published 9 October 2023

CVE-2023-45248: Acronis agent uncontrolled search path element vulnerability

Acronis · Agent

Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.

7.3 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.24% · top 86.0% CWE-427 · Uncontrolled search path element
7.3CVSS 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 due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 36497, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 37391.

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/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-6052 Vendor Advisory
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6052 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2023-45248), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.