CVE-2025-48963

High

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.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.3

Exploit probability—

ProductAcronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent

PublishedAug 28, 2025

First seenAug 28, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-610CWE-610

How to fix

Update

Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent40296 or later

Vendor advisories

security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8568

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
Acronis Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent	v < 40296	40296

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