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CVE-2023-28758

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 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: 2023-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup before 8.3.0.2. BPCD allows an unprivileged user to specify a log file path when executing a NetBackup command. This can be used to overwrite existing NetBackup log files.

Affected products

• Veritas NetBackup: before 8.3.0.2 — 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/VTS23-003
• https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-003

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