In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any…
Priority MEDIUM 40Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- 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
In Veritas NetBackup, the NetBackup Client allows arbitrary command execution from any remote host that has access to a valid host-id NetBackup certificate/private key from the same domain. The affects 9.0.x through 9.0.0.1 and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00574 47th 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-2022-36956
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4wpp-r5j6-h3hv
References
More Veritas Netbackup vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-04210 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06365 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2006-00960 Stack-based buffer overflow in the NetBackup Catalog daemon (bpdbm) in Veritas NetBackup… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2006-00959 Stack-based buffer overflow in the volume manager daemon (vmd) in Veritas NetBackup… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.0
- TI-2017-06364 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06366 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-36956 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-36956 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4wpp-r5j6-h3hv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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