CVE-2023-45249 — Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

Overview

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) allows an unauthenticated user to execute commands remotely due to the use of default passwords.

Vulnerability details

CVE ID

CVE-2023-45249

Vulnerability

Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

Vendor

Acronis

Affected products

Acronis: Cyber Infrastructure (ACI)

Severity

HIGH

Exploitation status

Actively exploited in the wild (CISA KEV)

Published

2024-07-29

Remediation guidance

CVE-2023-45249 is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog — U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate it under Binding Operational Directive 22-01. Treat it as a priority for every environment.

Apply the vendor's official security update for Acronis the affected product as soon as possible. Where a patch is unavailable, apply vendor mitigations or isolate/segment exposed systems.

Hunt for indicators of compromise tied to this vulnerability and confirm logging/EDR coverage on affected assets.

Authoritative references

• NVD — National Vulnerability Database
• MITRE CVE Record
• CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
• FIRST EPSS — Exploit Prediction Scoring