CVE-2022-36989 describes a critical vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup and related products (Flex Appliance, Flex Scale, NetBackup Appliance) that allows an authenticated attacker on a NetBackup Client to remotely execute arbitrary commands on the NetBackup Primary server. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:flex_appliance:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.