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

Wed, 11 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Acronis cyber Protect
Microsoft
Microsoft windows
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Acronis cyber Protect
Microsoft
Microsoft windows

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 06 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Acronis
Acronis acronis Cyber Protect 17
Vendors & Products Acronis
Acronis acronis Cyber Protect 17

Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.
Weaknesses CWE-610
References
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Acronis

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-09T13:42:36.222Z

Reserved: 2026-03-03T02:29:03.754Z

Link: CVE-2026-28721

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-09T13:42:31.809Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-03-06T00:16:13.053

Modified: 2026-03-11T14:01:42.663

Link: CVE-2026-28721

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-06T14:56:21Z

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