# CVE-2023-45244: Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect 16

> Attackers can disclose and manipulate sensitive information due to missing authorization checks in Acronis Cyber Protect products.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Oct 2023
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h389-6qwx-9w99

## What is CVE-2023-45244?

CVE-2023-45244 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 6 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 and manipulation due to missing authorization. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 35895, Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 37391.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-45244?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acronis Agent.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-45244?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-45244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-45244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-45244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect 16

- [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-2023-45244 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-45244 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 6 Oct 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-2023-45244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Cyber Protect 16. 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-2023-45244/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45244/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45244
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45244
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-45244

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-45244/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.