Denial of Service Issue in Acronis Cyber Protect by Acronis
CVE-2026-28718

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Acronis
Status
Acronis Cyber Protect 17
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-28718?

This vulnerability arises from insufficient input validation within the authentication logging process in Acronis Cyber Protect 17. Exploiting this flaw can potentially lead to a denial of service attack, rendering the product partially or completely unusable. Affected versions include those prior to build 41186 on both Linux and Windows platforms. Users are advised to update to the latest build to mitigate this risk.

Affected Version(s)

Acronis Cyber Protect 17 Linux < 41186

References

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8377
vendor-advisory

CVSS V3.0

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

@vultza (https://hackerone.com/vultza)
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