CVE detail
CVE-2026-28722
Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) before build 41186.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 6.9 · diversity 5.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 0
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 0
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Evidence
Source links by recency
1 source links · newest first
- https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8481security-advisory.acronis.com
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Vendor Advisorysecurity-advisory.acronis.comMar 6, 2026, 12:16 AM
Exploit code
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