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CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.","severity":"critical","cvss":9.8,"epss":null,"exploited":true,"exploited_at":"2024-07-29T00:00:00+00:00","products":[{"name":"Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI)","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"acronis cyber infrastructure","fixed":["5.0.1-61"],"affected":"< 5.0.1-61","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"acronis cyber infrastructure","fixed":["5.1.1-71"],"affected":">= 5.1.1, < 5.1.1-71","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"acronis cyber infrastructure","fixed":["5.2.1-69"],"affected":">= 5.2.1, < 5.2.1-69","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"acronis cyber infrastructure","fixed":["5.3.1-53"],"affected":">= 5.3.1, < 5.3.1-53","ecosystem":"vendor"},{"name":"acronis cyber infrastructure","fixed":["5.4.4-132"],"affected":">= 5.4.4, < 5.4.4-132","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["acronis-cyber-infrastructure","exploited","infrastructure","on-prem","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["default-passwords-changed"],"how_to_check":null,"fix":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable (per CISA required action). Change default passwords; exact steps unknown.","status":"open","published_at":"2024-07-24T14:15:04+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T19:11:51+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-23T20:58:30+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:05+00:00","category":"infrastructure","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-23T20:58:30Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable (per CISA required action). Change default passwords; exact steps unknown.","reach":"network","impact":"high","summary":"Acronis Cyber Infrastructure (ACI) ships with default passwords that an unauthenticated attacker can use to run commands remotely on the appliance. 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