CVE-2022-36997 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Veritas NetBackup versions 8.1.x through 9.1.0.1, and related Flex Appliance and Flex Scale products. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw remotely to achieve arbitrary file reads, Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), and denial of service. With a CVSS score of 8.8, this vulnerability presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available, and it has received minimal 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:N/A:L
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.