In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an…
Priority LOW 35CWE-732Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an authenticated Admin to bypass shell restrictions and execute arbitrary operating system commands via SSH.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00624 50th 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
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 4.1.0.1 | Vulnerable | Veritas |
| cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:4.1.0.1:maintenance_release1:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.0.1 maintenance_release1 | Vulnerable | Veritas |
| cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:4.1.0.1:maintenance_release2:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.1.0.1 maintenance_release2 | Vulnerable | Veritas |
- cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.1.0.1 Vulnerable ·Veritas
- cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:4.1.0.1:maintenance_release1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0.1 maintenance_release1 Vulnerable ·Veritas
- cpe:2.3:h:veritas:netbackup_appliance:4.1.0.1:maintenance_release2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.1.0.1 maintenance_release2 Vulnerable ·Veritas
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-37237
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h4ch-2gpx-6992
- 2026-11-04 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
References
More Veritas Netbackup Appliance vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-07142 Code injection in Spring Framework KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- 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-2017-06364 In Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, there is… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-06367 In Veritas NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier, unauthenticated users can execute arbitrary commands as root. 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-2023-37237 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-37237 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h4ch-2gpx-6992 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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