Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks

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⚡ Executive Takeaways & Intelligence Summary

Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-87886 (CVSS score: 7.8), is described as a case of local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions. It affects the following versions - Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux

Publication Reference: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html

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Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks

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