CVE-2023-45242 Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
Attackers can access sensitive information due to missing authorization checks in Acronis Cyber Protect products.
- 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-2023-45242?
CVE-2023-45242 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 17, published on 5 Oct 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sensitive information disclosure due to missing authorization. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35739, Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 41186.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45242?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Acronis Agent.
How do I fix CVE-2023-45242?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45242 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2023-45242 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45242 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect 17
- 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-qvv7-26pc-6j7v.