CVE-2026-28721 (GCVE-0-2026-28721)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-05 23:55 – Updated: 2026-03-09 13:42
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Summary
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.
Severity ?
7.3 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect 17 Affected: unspecified , < 41186 (semver)
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Credits
@vultza (https://hackerone.com/vultza)
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