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CVE-2022-36955

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% 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, an attacker with unprivileged local access to a NetBackup Client may send specific commands to escalate their privileges. This affects 8.0 through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3 through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.

Affected products

• Veritas NetBackup: from 8.0 through 8.1.2; from 8.3.0.0 through 8.3.0.2; 8.2, 9.0, 9.1.0.0

References

• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-008#Issue2
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-008#Issue2

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