CVE-2025-24829 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Local attackers can escalate privileges via DLL hijacking in the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent for Windows.
- 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-2025-24829?
CVE-2025-24829 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent, published on 31 Jan 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local privilege escalation due to DLL hijacking vulnerability. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 39378.
Weakness: CWE-426
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24829?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24829?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24829 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-24829 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-24829 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hv44-v25j-f7m2.