An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance…
Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-287Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00606 49th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
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-2022-46411
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xq46-c84j-2v2w
References
More Veritas Access Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07142 Code injection in Spring Framework KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22943 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-13521 An arbitrary command injection vulnerability in the Cluster Server component of Veritas… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2022-22942 An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-46411 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-46411 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xq46-c84j-2v2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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