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CVE-2026-87886

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Description

A local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions was discovered in Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM deployments.

References

https://www.securityweek.com/acronis-patches-exploited-vulnerability-in-cpanel-backup-plugin/

https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/09/16/acronis-backup-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-cve-2026-87886/

https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/acronis-warns-of-actively-exploited-flaw-in-its-cpanel-backup-plugin/

https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-10986

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-16

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