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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-36988 · published 28 July 2022

CVE-2022-36988: Veritas flex appliance vulnerability

VVeritas · Flex Appliance

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 OpsCenter server, NetBackup Primary server, or NetBackup Media server could remotely execute arbitrary commands on a NetBackup Primary server or NetBackup Media server.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.89% · top 42.4%
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.89%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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 OpsCenter server, NetBackup Primary server, or NetBackup Media server could remotely execute arbitrary commands on a NetBackup Primary server or NetBackup Media server.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004#h6 PatchVendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004#h6 PatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-36988), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.