{
  "id": 7779211,
  "title": "Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin-vulnerability-exploited-in-targeted",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:08:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "SecurityWeek",
        "title": "Acronis Patches Exploited Vulnerability in cPanel Backup Plugin",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/acronis-patches-exploited-vulnerability-in-cpanel-backup-plugin",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:52:31.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}