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CVE-2022-36991: veritas flex_appliance

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
Published 28-07-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-36991 is a high (CVSS 8.1) vulnerability in veritas flex_appliance. EPSS estimates a 0.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 51.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.68%
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. 28-07-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with authenticated access to a NetBackup Client could arbitrarily write content to a partially controlled path on a NetBackup Primary server.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.68%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

51%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.03 pp

From 0.65% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.68%

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

Veritas4 products
  • flex_appliance1.2 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.1
  • flex_scale1.3.1 | 2.1
  • netbackup8.1.1 | 8.1.2 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3.0.1 | 8.3.0.2 | 9.0 | 9.0.0.1 | 9.1 | 9.1.0.1
  • netbackup_appliance3.1.1 | 3.1.2 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.2:maintenance_release1 | 3.2:maintenance_release2 | 3.2:maintenance_release3 | 3.3.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 3.3.0.1:maintenance_release2 | 3.3.0.2:maintenance_release1 | 3.3.0.2:maintenance_release2 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release2 | 4.0.0.1:maintenance_release3 | 4.1.0.1:maintenance_release1 | 4.1.0.1:maintenance_release2

1 vendor · 4 products

References

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