CVE-2023-45249 on CISA KEV

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

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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.

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

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

03Notes & references

• security-advisory.acronis.com — https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452
• www.securityweek.com — https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Acronis	Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	unspecified
Acronis	Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	unspecified
Acronis	Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	unspecified
Acronis	Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	unspecified
Acronis	Acronis Cyber Infrastructure	unspecified

06Detection

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