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CVE-2022-36952

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2022-07-27 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

In Veritas NetBackup OpsCenter, a hard-coded credential exists that could be used to exploit the underlying VxSS subsystem. 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#Issue6
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-009#Issue6

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