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title: "CVE-2025-30414: Acronis Cyber Protect - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) < 42569 and Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) < 42587 contain a privilege escalation caused by improper authentication, letting local attackers escalate privileges, exploit requires local access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2025-30414/
---

# CVE-2025-30414 Acronis Cyber Protect - Privilege Escalation

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Windows) < 42569 and Acronis Cyber Protect 17 (Windows) < 42587 contain a privilege escalation caused by improper authentication, letting local attackers escalate privileges, exploit requires local access.

CVSS base score 7.1 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30414)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

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

Published

28 October 2026

Updated

29 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-1390](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1390.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to build 42569 or later for Cloud Agent and build 42587 or later for Cyber Protect 17.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30414](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-30414)
- [https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8648](https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8648)

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