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TI-2020-18488 Aliases CVE-2020-36168GHSA-j89q-qm4p-pm48

An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform 3.4 and 3.5.

Priority MEDIUM 40Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform 3.4 and 3.5. It leverages OpenSSL on Windows systems when using the Managed Host addon. On start-up, it loads the OpenSSL library. This library may attempt to load the openssl.cnf configuration file, which does not exist. By default, on Windows systems, users can create directories under C:\. A low privileged user can create a C:\usr\local\ssl\openssl.cnf configuration file to load a malicious OpenSSL engine, resulting in arbitrary code execution as SYSTEM when the service starts. This gives the attacker administrator access on the system, allowing the attacker (by default) to access all data, access all installed applications, etc.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0045 39th 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:resiliency_platform:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.4VulnerableVeritas
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:resiliency_platform:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.5VulnerableVeritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:resiliency_platform:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.4 Vulnerable ·Veritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:resiliency_platform:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.5 Vulnerable ·Veritas

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-36168
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j89q-qm4p-pm48

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2019-10755 An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform (VRP) before 3.4 HF1. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2019-10753 An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform (VRP) before 3.4 HF1. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2019-10754 An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform (VRP) before 3.4 HF1. CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2019-10752 An issue was discovered in Veritas Resiliency Platform (VRP) before 3.4 HF1. CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8

Sources

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