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CVE-2022-36993

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-36993 is a critical vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup versions 8.1.x through 9.1.0.1, Flex Appliance, and Flex Scale. It allows an authenticated attacker on a NetBackup Client to remotely execute arbitrary commands on the NetBackup Primary server. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
59.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0100 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 17,823 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

veritas.com / content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004
PatchVendor Advisory