What is CVE-2025-48961?

CVE-2025-48961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2025-06-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-48961?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16

CVE-2025-48961

Local privilege escalation due to insecure folder permissions. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect 16 (Windows) before build 39938.

Published 2025-06-04 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Acronis Cyber Protect 16 — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-8000 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48961?: CVE-2025-48961 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect 16, classified under Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2025-06-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-48961?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.