CVE-2022-45457
Published: 18 May 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-45457 is a high-severity Improper Certificate Validation (CWE-295) vulnerability in Acronis Cyber Protect. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 50.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48325
Vulnerability details
Sensitive information disclosure and manipulation due to improper certification validation. The following products are affected: Acronis Agent (Windows) before build 29633, Acronis Cyber Protect 15 (Windows) before build 30984.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
When certificates are used to establish component provenance, the control requires correct certificate validation procedures.
Mandates approved trust anchors and issuance policies, directly preventing acceptance of unvalidated or untrusted certificates.
Correct system time is required for proper enforcement of certificate notBefore/notAfter dates and time-based revocation checks.