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

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 17 unaffected
Version Status Constraints
unspecified affected
< 41186

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8445 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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: 2026-03-05T23:55:01.493Z

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

Link: CVE-2026-28721

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-28721

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Weaknesses