CVE-2025-9578 Privilege escalation in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent
Local attackers can escalate privileges due to insecure folder permissions 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-2025-9578?
CVE-2025-9578 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, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) before build 40734.
Weakness: CWE-732
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-9578?
How do I fix CVE-2025-9578?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-9578 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-9578 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-9578 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-qr8m-fjhv-w7q6.