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01 Record

CVE-2022-36956

In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any remote host that has access to a valid host-id NetBackup certificate/private key from the same domain. The

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:R

02 Description

In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any remote host that has access to a valid host-id NetBackup certificate/private key from the same domain. The

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 47.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2022-07-27 20:57Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-03 10:21Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2022-07-27
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:C/UI:R
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
7a3d00acbff7025a6605076134f6cee4e85a565f827f92e72eb5da2776546129

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
veritasnetbackupNot specified—

06 References