# CVE-2024-34014 — Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM

> As of 2025-02-27, CVE-2024-34014 is a MEDIUM-severity vulnerability in Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM, CVSS v3.1 5.5, EPSS 0.1% (8.6th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2024-34014, most recently “CVE-2026-87886: Actively Exploited Privilege Escalation Flaw in Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin”.

**Last updated:** 2025-02-27

## What is CVE-2024-34014?

Arbitrary file overwrite during recovery due to improper symbolic link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.8.3.818, Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 1.9.1.892, Acronis Backup extension for Plesk (Linux) before build 1.8.6.599, Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin (Linux) before build 1.2.2.181.

The record classifies CVE-2024-34014 under weakness class [CWE-61](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw requires local access to the host, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on integrity. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 721 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 5.5 — MEDIUM (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.6% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 3.1/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2024-11-11, last modified 2025-02-27

## Is CVE-2024-34014 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 7 in the Threadlinqs vulnerability feed.

## Affected products and versions

- **Acronis**: Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM, Backup extension for Plesk, Backup plugin for DirectAdmin

## How to fix CVE-2024-34014

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2024-34014 in the tracked sources. Follow the references below for a fix, and treat the products listed above as exposed until the vendor states otherwise.

## Threat activity tracking CVE-2024-34014

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-34014, either in the campaign’s CVE list or as an indicator on the campaign record.

- [CVE-2026-87886: Actively Exploited Privilege Escalation Flaw in Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/threat/TL-2026-2523) — HIGH · 2026-09-15

## Sources

Enriched from CVE.org, FIRST EPSS, GitHub Security Advisories. Last verified by Threadlinqs on 2026-10-10.

**Vendor advisory and patch**

- [security-advisory.acronis.com — vendor advisory](https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-7592)

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