# CVE-2023-45249: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability

> CVE-2023-45249: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) Insecure Default Password Vulnerability. CVSS 9.8 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2023-45249
Last updated: 2025-10-21T22:55:49Z

- Published: 2024-07-24 14:03 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 22:55 UTC · Assigner: Acronis
- CVSS: 9.8 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 53.3%, 99th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2024-07-29, federal due date 2024-08-19, ransomware use: Unknown
- CWE: CWE-1393

## Description

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.

## CISA required action

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

## Affected vendors and products

- acronis: cyber\_infrastructure
- Acronis: Acronis Cyber Infrastructure

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-45249)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249)
- [https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452](https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452)
- [https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/](https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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