Is CVE-2022-46869 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-46869 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-46869?

CVE-2022-46869 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-46869?

CVE-2022-46869 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (15th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-46869?

Upgrade Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office to 40278 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-46869

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

Local privilege escalation during installation due to improper soft link handling. The following products are affected: Acronis Cyber Protect Home Office (Windows) before build 40278, Acronis True Image OEM (Windows) before build 42575.

CWE-610 CWE-59Link Following

How to fix

Remediation Available

Acronis Cyber Protect Home OfficeWindows application

Affected:40278Fixed in:40278Acronis

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

15thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 15% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory1

security-advisory.acronis.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-10.