CVE-2023-45249
Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 19 August 2024). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 53.25% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 29 July 2024 · due 19 August 2024
- Weakness
- CWE-1393
- Affected
- acronis/cyber infrastructure
- Source
- security@acronis.com
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249
References
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452Vendor Advisory
- https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/Press/Media Coverage
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452Vendor Advisory
- https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/Press/Media Coverage
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-45249Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.