CVE-2022-45456 Denial of service in Acronis Agent
Unauthenticated API endpoint allows attackers to cause denial of service in Acronis Agent, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-45456?
CVE-2022-45456 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Acronis Agent, published on 26 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Denial of service due to unauthenticated API endpoint. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (Windows, macOS, Linux) before build 30161.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45456?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acronis Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2022-45456?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45456 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-45456 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45456 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Agent
- CVE-2022-45451 Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent
- CVE-2023-41743 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 15
- CVE-2026-28727 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
- CVE-2023-41744 Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent
- CVE-2021-44204 Local privilege escalation via named pipe due to improper access control checks
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cxxh-7h4c-gvgj.