An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before…
Priority LOW 38Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before 2.7.2. Arbitrary privileged command execution, using whitelist directory escape with "../" substrings, can occur.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00444 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-6406
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2mv9-hw87-r9p2
References
More Veritas Access vulnerabilities
- TI-2019-13521 An arbitrary command injection vulnerability in the Cluster Server component of Veritas… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04206 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2017-04207 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 7.7.2 and NetBackup Appliance Before… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-6406 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-6406 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2mv9-hw87-r9p2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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