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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-46410 · published 4 December 2022

CVE-2022-46410: Veritas netbackup flex scale appliance improper privilege management vulnerability

VVeritas · Netbackup Flex Scale Appliance

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0. An attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.58% · top 54.3% CWE-269 · Improper privilege management
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.58%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0. An attacker with non-root privileges may escalate privileges to root by using specific commands.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-019#issue5 Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-019#issue5 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-46410), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-28). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.