CVE-2025-48963

HIGH

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent <40296 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

Description

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.

References (1)

[Various Sources] https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8568

Scores

CVSS v3 7.3

EPSS 0.0001

EPSS Percentile 3.1%

Attack Vector LOCAL

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-610

Status published

Products (1)

Acronis/Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent unspecified - 40296

Published Aug 28, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026