CVE-2022-36950

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In Veritas NetBackup OpsCenter, an unauthenticated remote attacker may be able to perform remote command execution through a Java classloader manipulation. This affects 8.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1, and 10.

Affected products

Veritas NetBackup: from 8.0 before 8.3.0.2; 9.0, 9.1.0.0 — fixed in 8.3.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas NetBackup 8.3.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-009#Issue3
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-009#Issue3

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