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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2023-45249",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "Acronis Cyber Infrastructure — shipped default passwords",
  "summary": "Acronis Cyber Infrastructure ships with default passwords, so anyone who can reach the service runs commands on it without logging in first. Builds before 5.0.1-61, 5.1.1-71, 5.2.1-69, 5.3.1-53 and 5.4.4-132 are affected.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
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    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
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    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-07-29",
    "prerequisites": "Network access to the service, and a deployment still on a shipped password."
  },
  "remediation": {
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  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1078.001"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Update to a build named in the Acronis advisory, then change every account still carrying its shipped password — starting with the ones reachable from the network.",
  "confidence": "medium",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-45249",
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      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://security-advisory.acronis.com/advisories/SEC-6452"
    },
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      "type": "writeup",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2023-45249"
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  "published_at": "2024-07-24T14:15:04.867Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:52:19.575Z",
  "tags": [
    "acronis",
    "cyber-infrastructure",
    "default-credentials",
    "storage",
    "kev"
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}