CVE-2023-40256 is a critical vulnerability in Veritas NetBackup Snapshot Manager versions prior to 10.2.0.1, stemming from improper client certificate validation in its RabbitMQ service. This misconfiguration allows untrusted clients to interact with the service, potentially compromising the confidentiality and integrity of backup and restore job messages, and leading to service unavailability. Rated 9.8 CVSS (CRITICAL), it is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or publicly available exploit code, and community discussion is minimal, the high severity warrants immediate patching.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 8.3.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_snapshot_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_snapshot_manager:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_snapshot_manager:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_snapshot_manager:9.1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup_snapshot_manager:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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