{"uuid": "21bdf158-971a-4cc5-8d06-8f2c3b6eab58", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2026-87886", "type": "seen", "source": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html", "content": "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.\n\nThe 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 -\n\n\n  Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-17T01:00:36.973443Z"}