CVE-2022-36992 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup and related products, including Flex Appliance and Flex Scale. An authenticated attacker on a NetBackup Client can remotely execute arbitrary commands on the NetBackup Primary server under specific notification conditions. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Despite its severity, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| 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:C/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.