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CVE-2023-45249 Acronis CVE debrief

CVE-2023-45249 concerns an insecure default password vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI). CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog on 2024-07-29, which indicates it is considered actively exploited or otherwise confirmed to be of urgent defensive concern. The supplied guidance is to apply mitigations per vendor instructions, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Vendor
Acronis
Product
Cyber Infrastructure (ACI)
CVSS
CRITICAL 9.8
CISA KEV
Listed
Original CVE published
2024-07-29
Original CVE updated
2024-07-29
Advisory published
2024-07-29
Advisory updated
2024-07-29

Who should care

Administrators, security teams, and asset owners responsible for Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) deployments should prioritize this issue, especially if the environment may still rely on default or undocumented credentials.

Technical summary

The vulnerability class is described as an insecure default password issue in Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI). In practical defensive terms, this means the product may present unacceptable risk if default credentials remain in place or are otherwise not remediated. The only remediation guidance supplied in the corpus is to follow vendor mitigation instructions or stop using the product if no mitigation is available.

Defensive priority

High

Recommended defensive actions

  • Review all Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) deployments for any default or unchanged credentials.
  • Apply mitigations exactly as provided in Acronis' advisory SEC-6452.
  • If vendor mitigations are unavailable or cannot be applied promptly, discontinue use of the product as directed by CISA.
  • Confirm exposure status in asset inventories and prioritize any internet-facing or privileged management instances.
  • Track the CISA KEV due date of 2024-08-19 as the remediation deadline for this issue.

Evidence notes

This debrief is limited to the supplied corpus: the CVE title/description, the CISA KEV entry metadata, and the official resource links. The corpus identifies the issue as an insecure default password vulnerability, lists Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) as the affected product, and marks the CVE as a KEV entry added on 2024-07-29 with a due date of 2024-08-19. No CVSS score or version-specific impact details were supplied.

Sources and references

Verified primary and authoritative sources

  • CVE-2023-45249 CVE Program record

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45249

    CVE Program - Official CVE Program record with source-provided CVE metadata.

  • CVE-2023-45249 NVD vulnerability detail

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249

    NIST National Vulnerability Database - Official NIST NVD detail page and source-specific vulnerability assessment.

  • CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

    Publisher, destination, and source semantics verified

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog

    Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency - Official CISA catalog of vulnerabilities known to be exploited in the wild.

Supplemental references

  • Source item URL

    Unverified legacy reference

    URL: https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/feeds/known_exploited_vulnerabilities.json

    cisa_kev

Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.