CVE-2023-45249

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-07-29. Federal remediation due 2024-08-19.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

53.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 98.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2024-07-24 14:03Z2 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 22:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2023-10-05

Assigning CNA

Acronis

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-1393Use of Default PasswordBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

17b67d545823a01c4e51aaa16daabcedbb42e8fc9bd6ec5fbd92ef7af8748bf0

• security-advisory.acronis.comSEC-6452https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452vendor-advisory
• www.securityweek.comhttps://www.securityweek.com/acronis-product-vulnerability-exploited-in-the-wild/
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-45249government-resource