CVE-2023-45246

Sensitive information disclosure via missing authorization

Published Oct 6, 2023 · Updated Jan 2, 2025

Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent and Cyber Protect 16 before their fixed builds allows local authenticated users to disclose sensitive information and manipulate data. The affected authorization locus and request or operation that accepts untrusted input have not been publicly disclosed by Acronis or the CNA. CVSS requires local access with low privileges and no user interaction; impact is confidentiality and integrity loss without availability impact.

CVSS severity7.1
High
EPSS probability0.21%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
Hinoki checkNot available
Coverage for this vulnerability

See if you're affected

Explore vulnerability checks for your environment with Hinoki.

Book a demo

Summary

What happened

Missing authorization in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent and Cyber Protect 16 before their fixed builds allows local authenticated users to disclose sensitive information and manipulate data. The affected authorization locus and request or operation that accepts untrusted input have not been publicly disclosed by Acronis or the CNA. CVSS requires local access with low privileges and no user interaction; impact is confidentiality and integrity loss without availability impact.

The record

CVE
CVE-2023-45246
Published
Oct 6, 2023
Updated
Jan 2, 2025
Vendor
Acronis
Product
Acronis Cyber Protect 16
Classifications
CWE-862
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 6, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

Present is not the same as exploitable

Compare your product and version with the public record. A matching version still requires validation against your environment.

Is a vulnerable build present?

Compare these published version ranges with your installed build and any vendor patches.

  1. Affected versionversion=unspecified <39169

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

Acronis · Acronis Cyber Protect 16version=unspecified <39169
Acronis · Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agentversion=0 <36343; version=unspecified <36343

Published CVSS scores

7.1Acronis International GmbHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
7.1NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CVSS describes severity. EPSS estimates exploitation probability.

Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

Daily unique IPs observed by Shadowserver honeypots for known exploited vulnerabilities (KEVs). Missing observations do not establish an absence of attacks.

Daily unique IPsNo honeypot observations are available for this CVE in the selected window.

No observations available

Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-862Missing Authorization

Public exploit references

No public exploit references are available in this record.

Labels summarize the accepted research assessment. They do not indicate a test against your environment.

Technologies

Your stack

See the directory against your own environment.

Your stack

Check the software in your environment

Book a demo to see how Hinoki identifies affected software and validates exploitability in your environment.

Book a demo