CVE-2023-45249
Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before…
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Acronis
Description
Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.0.1-61, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.1.1-71, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.2.1-69, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.3.1-53, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.4.4-132.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability.
- Added
- 29 Jul 2024
- Fix due (US federal)
- 19 Aug 2024
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| AcronisCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 53.5% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
- affected unspecified – < 5.0.1-61
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
- affected unspecified – < 5.1.1-71
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
- affected unspecified – < 5.2.1-69
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
- affected unspecified – < 5.3.1-53
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Infrastructure
- affected unspecified – < 5.4.4-132
References (3)
- SEC-6452 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-45249 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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