# CVE-2023-44154: Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect 15

> Attackers can access and modify sensitive information due to improper authorization checks in Acronis Cyber Protect 15.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 23 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghrw-x6cv-mr95

## What is CVE-2023-44154?

CVE-2023-44154 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 27 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Sensitive information disclosure and manipulation due to improper authorization. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Linux, Windows) before build 35979.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44154?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acronis Cyber Protect.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-44154?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44154 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-44154 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44154 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect

- [CVE-2025-30411](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30411/): Auth bypass in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-30412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30412/): Auth bypass in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2025-30416](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-30416/): Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-28710](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-28710/): Auth bypass in Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2021-44198](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-44198/): DLL hijacking could lead to local privilege escalation (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-44154 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-44154 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect, published on 27 Sep 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44154 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-2023-44154/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44154/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-44154
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-44154
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-44154

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44154/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.