CVE-2025-48960 Weak cryptography in Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Medium 5.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-48960 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2025-48960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 4 Jun 2025. 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-2025-48960 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-2025-48960/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-48960/index.md)
Weak TLS server keys in Acronis Cyber Protect allow attackers to potentially decrypt traffic or bypass security controls.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48960?
CVE-2025-48960 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, published on 4 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Weak server key used for TLS encryption. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 39938.
Weakness: CWE-326
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48960?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48960?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48960 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48960 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48960 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rcc-9g8p-q2vr.