CuraSec

tag: Acronis · 1 items

2026-09-16 · BleepingComputer · source ↗ #privilege-escalation#cpanel#acronis
  • Engineer — Act: Acronis itself warns of in-the-wild exploitation of a Linux local privilege escalation in its backup plugin for cPanel, WHM, and Plesk — patch the Acronis backup plugin to the fixed version immediately on any hosting or panel infrastructure you operate.
  • SOC/IR — Plan: Active exploitation is claimed but no IOCs or ATT&CK-mapped TTPs are published yet; build or tune detection for anomalous privilege escalation events on Linux hosts running cPanel/WHM/Plesk and revisit when indicators surface.
  • Leader — Skip