# CVE-2024-8767 — Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM

> As of 2024-09-17, CVE-2024-8767 is a CRITICAL-severity vulnerability in Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM, CVSS v3.1 9.9, EPSS 0.4% (39.1th percentile). Threadlinqs Intelligence links 1 tracked threat campaign to CVE-2024-8767, most recently “CVE-2026-87886: Actively Exploited Privilege Escalation Flaw in Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin”.

**Last updated:** 2024-09-17

## What is CVE-2024-8767?

Sensitive data disclosure and manipulation due to unnecessary privileges assignment. The following products are affected: Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux) before build 619, Acronis Backup extension for Plesk (Linux) before build 555, Acronis Backup plugin for DirectAdmin (Linux) before build 147.

The record classifies CVE-2024-8767 under weakness class [CWE-250](https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cwe/CWE-250). Its CVSS v3 base vector states that the flaw is reachable remotely over the network, needs low-privilege credentials, needs no user interaction, and has high impact on confidentiality, integrity, availability. 3 affected-product entries are recorded, across 1 vendor, listed below. The identifier was first published 753 days ago.

## Severity and exploitation probability

- **CVSS v3.1 base score:** 9.9 — CRITICAL (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **EPSS (FIRST):** 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 39.1% of all scored CVEs
- **CISA KEV:** Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
- **Threadlinqs priority:** 6.5/10 — a Threadlinqs composite of the CVSS base score, the EPSS percentile and public exploit availability
- **Published:** 2024-09-17

## Is CVE-2024-8767 being exploited?

It currently carries a trending score of 15 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-2024-8767

No vendor patch reference has been recorded for CVE-2024-8767 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-2024-8767

1 tracked threat in the Threadlinqs corpus references CVE-2024-8767, 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-4976)

Canonical: https://intel.threadlinqs.com/cve/CVE-2024-8767
Full detection coverage and IOCs for threats exploiting CVE-2024-8767 via the Threadlinqs MCP server (Purple tier): https://intel.threadlinqs.com/mcp