CVE-2023-45249
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI)
CVSS
9.8CriticalExploit odds (EPSS)53.3%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
CISA required actionApply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA KEV
What fixes it
- 5.0.1-61Acronis Cyber InfrastructureCVE List
- 5.1.1-71Acronis Cyber InfrastructureCVE List
- 5.2.1-69Acronis Cyber InfrastructureCVE List
- 5.3.1-53Acronis Cyber InfrastructureCVE List
- 5.4.4-132Acronis Cyber InfrastructureCVE List
A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.
Timeline
- 24 Jul 2024Exploit code publicMetasploit
- 24 Jul 2024, 14:03 UTCPublishedCVE List
- 29 Jul 2024Added to CISA KEVCISA KEV
Public exploit code and templates 2
- Exploit moduleAcronis Cyber Infrastructure default password remote code execution 24 Jul 2024Metasploit
- Scanner templateAcronis Cyber Infrastructure - Default PasswordNuclei
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Description
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) allows an unauthenticated user to execute commands remotely due to the use of default passwords.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 5
- Acronis Cyber Infrastructureaffected: unspecified before 5.0.1-61CVE List
- Acronis Cyber Infrastructureaffected: unspecified before 5.1.1-71CVE List
- Acronis Cyber Infrastructureaffected: unspecified before 5.2.1-69CVE List
- Acronis Cyber Infrastructureaffected: unspecified before 5.3.1-53CVE List
- Acronis Cyber Infrastructureaffected: unspecified before 5.4.4-132CVE List
References 4
- security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452Advisoryvia CVE List
- securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/Advisoryvia CVE List
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249Referencevia CISA KEV
- cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-45249Referencevia CVE List