What is CVE-2025-48963?

CVE-2025-48963 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2025-08-28.

How severe is CVE-2025-48963?

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

Vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent

CVE-2025-48963

Local privilege escalation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent (Linux, macOS, Windows) before build 40296.

EPSS: 0.000 (5.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-610 — Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

References

SEC-8568 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-48963?: CVE-2025-48963 is a high-severity vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect Cloud Agent, classified under Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2025-08-28.
How severe is CVE-2025-48963?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.