CVE-2022-26778

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Published Mar 9, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:18.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:veritas:system_recovery:21:::::::*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-31328	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.440% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-002

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas System Recovery

Weaknesses

CWE-312

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 5:11 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2022, 6:53 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 5:11 AM
Reserved: Mar 9, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:35 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Mar 10, 2022, 5:47 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:35 AM

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