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High 7.3Published Mar 6, 2026
CVE-2026-28721Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling.
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Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.
- CVSS
- 7.3 HIGH (v3.0, NVD)CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-610
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
acronis cyber_protect acronis:cyber_protect | before 17.0.41186 | NVD |
References
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8445vendor-advisory
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