CVE-2025-48963 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Local attackers can escalate privileges via improper soft link handling in the Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-48963?
CVE-2025-48963 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent, published on 28 Aug 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.
Weakness: CWE-610
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48963?
How do I fix CVE-2025-48963?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48963 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-48963 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-48963 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xf2m-qwpv-gw8p.