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CVE-2022-36956: veritas netbackup

CVSS: 9.0v3.1CriticalModified
Published 27-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-36956 is a critical (CVSS 9.0) vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.0/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.57%
0%100%
Low · +0.03 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 27-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any remote host that has access to a valid host-id NetBackup certificate/private key from the same domain. The affects 9.0.x through 9.0.0.1 and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

46%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.55% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Veritas1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links