Advisory on Acronis Vulnerabilities

On April 29, 2024, Acronis disclosed multiple vulnerabilities in Cyber Protect Agent. As per the advisory published by Acronis, the following are the vulnerability details:

CVE ID	Vulnerability
CVE-2024-34010 CVE-2024-34011	Related to local privilege escalation. These vulnerabilities allow an attacker to escalate their privileges.
CVE-2023-48684 CVE-2023-48683	Manipulates sensitive information without authorization.

The most severe of these vulnerabilities is CVE-2024-34010 and is classified as a High severity with CVSS score of 8.2. The attack vectors related to these vulnerabilities are still not known.

Impacted IONOS Cloud Products

Product Ranges	Product	Impacted	Mitigated	Patch Status
Storage & Backup	Backup Service	No	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
Storage & Backup	Acronis Agent for Windows, Linux, and Mac	Yes	Yes	Done

What action has IONOS Cloud taken to mitigate the severity?

There are no signs of active exploitation resulting from these vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities do not allow unauthorized access to IONOS Cloud users’ backup data. IONOS Cloud is already in the process of rolling out patched agents for Storage & Backup users.

What action can you take to mitigate the vulnerability?

You can enable auto-update; the vulnerable agent is automatically updated after May 6, 2024. You can download the non-vulnerable agent from the Downloads section in the Backup Unit Management console if the auto-update is not enabled.

If you have further questions or concerns about this vulnerability, contact IONOS Cloud Support.

References

Acronis Advisory Database