CVE-2022-41320

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-09-23 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-922

Description

Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration. This vulnerability could provide a Windows user (who has sufficient privileges) to access a network file system that they were not authorized to access.

Affected products

Veritas System Recovery: from 18.0 before 18.0.4.57090; from 21 before 21.0.3.62140 — fixed in 18.0.4.57090, 21.0.3.62140

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas System Recovery 18.0.4.57090, 21.0.3.62140. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-002
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-002

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