8.8

CVE-2022-42301: veritas netbackup

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 03-10-2022Last modified 03-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-42301 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 0.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.65%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 03-10-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.65%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

50%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.07 pp

From 0.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.65%

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

Affected systems

Veritas1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

1 links