CVE-2023-37237

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-06-29 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-732

Description

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an authenticated Admin to bypass shell restrictions and execute arbitrary operating system commands via SSH.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup Appliance: before 4.1.0.1; 4.1.0.1-maintenance_release1, 4.1.0.1-maintenance_release2 — fixed in 4.1.0.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas Netbackup Appliance 4.1.0.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-004
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS23-004

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