# CVE-2022-45458: Information disclosure in Acronis Agent

> Attackers can disclose sensitive information and manipulate data due to improper certificate validation in Acronis backup software.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.2 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 May 2023
- **Updated:** 22 Jan 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wm76-34r7-2v4m

## What is CVE-2022-45458?

CVE-2022-45458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sensitive information disclosure and manipulation due to improper certification validation. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (Windows, macOS, Linux) before build 29633, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows, macOS, Linux) before build 30984.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-45458?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Acronis Agent, Acronis Cyber Protect.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-45458?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-45458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-45458 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect

- [CVE-2022-45451](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45451/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-41743](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41743/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-28727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28727/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-41744](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-41744/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Agent (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2021-44204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44204/): Local privilege escalation via named pipe due to improper access control checks (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-45458 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-45458 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 18 May 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-45458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Cyber Protect. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45458/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-45458
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-45458
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-45458

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45458/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.