CVE-2026-28722 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186, stemming from improper soft link handling. With a CVSS score of 7.3 (High), successful exploitation requires local access and user interaction (UI:R), but once achieved, it grants high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current exploitation risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 17.0.41186CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:acronis:cyber_protect:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.