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CVE-2022-45461: veritas netbackup OS Command Injection

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighModified
Published 17-11-2022Last modified 29-04-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-45461 is a high (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in veritas netbackup. EPSS estimates a 0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56.1% 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
0.80%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-11-2022
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 29-04-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Java Admin Console in Veritas NetBackup through 10.1 and related Veritas products on Linux and UNIX allows authenticated non-root users (that have been explicitly added to the auth.conf file) to execute arbitrary commands as root.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.80%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

56%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.80% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.80%

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