FKIE_CVE-2026-28722

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-03-06 00:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:28
Severity
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.
References
security@acronis.comhttps://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8481Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
acronis cyber_protect *
microsoft windows -
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