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TI-2022-10027 Aliases CVE-2022-26778GHSA-qj79-pfg8-3q92

Veritas System Recovery (VSR) 18 and 21 stores a network destination password in the…

Priority LOW 29CWE-312Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-312.

Summary

Veritas System Recovery (VSR) 18 and 21 stores a network destination password in the Windows registry during configuration of the backup configuration. This could allow a Windows user (who has sufficient privileges) to access a network file system that they were not authorized to access.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0044 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

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:system_recovery:18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*18.0VulnerableVeritas
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*21VulnerableVeritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18.0 Vulnerable ·Veritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21 Vulnerable ·Veritas

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-26778
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qj79-pfg8-3q92

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2020-18480 An issue was discovered in Veritas System Recovery before 21.2. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2017-05096 In Veritas System Recovery before 16 SP1, there is a DLL hijacking vulnerability in the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2022-19817 Veritas System Recovery (VSR) versions 18 and 21 store a network destination password in… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources

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