Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

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• cpe acronis/cyber infrastructureversion unspecified
• vendor Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI)version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2023-45249

• Recommended remediation

  Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. CISA due date Aug 19, 2024.

• Official advisories

  • CISA KEV · cisa.gov
  • CVE.org · cve.org
  • FIRST EPSS · first.org
  • NIST NVD · nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEV · vulncheck.com

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Code

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No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

1. Jul 24, 2024 · Catalog

   Detected

   Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.0.1-61, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.1.1-71, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.2.1-69, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.3.1-53, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.4.4-132.

2. Jul 29, 2024 · CISA KEV

   Known exploited

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

3. Aug 19, 2024 · CISA KEV

   Remediation due

   Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

   Updated

   Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.0.1-61, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.1.1-71, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.2.1-69, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.3.1-53, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.4.4-132.

Sources

• CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-45249

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

  cisa.gov
• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2023-45249

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2023-45249

  30-day exploitation probability 53.3%

  first.org
• Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleexploit_linux/http/acronis_cyber_infra_cve_2023_45249

  Public module reference (excellent). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

  rapid7.com
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2023-45249

  Remote command execution due to use of default passwords. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.0.1-61, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.1.1-71, Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) before build 5.2.1-69, Acronis Cyb

  nvd.nist.gov
• VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2023-45249

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

  vulncheck.com

References

• CISA note · nvd.nist.gov
• CISA note · security-advisory.acronis.com
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · security-advisory.acronis.com
• Third Party Advisory · cisa.gov
• VulnCheck exploitation evidence · cisa.gov
• Press/Media Coverage · securityweek.com

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.