# CVE-2023-5042: Information disclosure in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

> Attackers can access sensitive information due to insecure folder permissions in Acronis backup software on Windows.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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:** 20 Sep 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cpvg-3p8x-hcjm

## What is CVE-2023-5042?

CVE-2023-5042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, published on 20 Sep 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 insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40713, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

Weakness: CWE-276 (Incorrect Default Permissions)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5042?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-5042?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-5042 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-5042 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office

- [CVE-2023-44208](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-44208/): Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-4418](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4418/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2022-24115](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-24115/): Local privilege escalation due to unrestricted loading of unsigned libraries (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-48677](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48677/): Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2022-46869](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46869/): Path traversal in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5042 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-5042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office, published on 20 Sep 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-2023-5042 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office. 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-2023-5042/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5042/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-5042
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5042
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-5042

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5042/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.