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TI-2024-22255 Aliases CVE-2024-33671GHSA-749f-97mp-r5j9

An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391.

Priority LOW 35CWE-73Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · 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 Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00167 6th 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

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

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*21.0 to before 23.0VulnerableVeritas
  • cpe:2.3:a:veritas:backup_exec:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 21.0 to before 23.0 Vulnerable ·Veritas

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-33671
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-749f-97mp-r5j9

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2021-09222 An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-09223 An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-09221 An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2017-06392 In Veritas Backup Exec 2014 before build 14.1.1187.1126, 15 before build 14.2.1180.3160… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2005-00716 VERITAS Backup Exec 9.0 through 10.0 for Windows Servers, and 9.0.4019 through 9.1.307… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2020-18487 An issue was discovered in the server in Veritas Backup Exec through 16.2, 20.6 before… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
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Sources

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