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CVE-2024-33671

• 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: 2024-04-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-73

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

Affected products

• Veritas Backup Exec: from 21.0 before 23.0 — fixed in 23.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Veritas Backup Exec 23.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-002#H1
• https://www.veritas.com/support/en_US/security/VTS24-002#H1

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