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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-46411 · published 4 December 2022

CVE-2022-46411: Veritas access appliance improper authentication vulnerability

VVeritas · Access Appliance

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.

8.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.58% · top 54.3% CWE-287 · Improper authentication
8.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.58%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected 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 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.

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

Affected products

2 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#issue3 Vendor Advisory
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-019#issue3 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-46411), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.