CVE-2022-36986

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-07-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with unauthenticated access could remotely execute arbitrary commands on a NetBackup Primary server.

Affected products

Veritas Flex Appliance: 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.1
Veritas Flex Scale: 1.3.1, 2.1
Veritas NetBackup: 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3, 8.3.0.1, 8.3.0.2 (+4)
Veritas Netbackup Appliance: 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.2, 4.0, 4.1, 3.2-maintenance_release1 (+11)

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004#h3
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004#h3

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