CVE-2022-42301

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Published Oct 3, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:veritas:netbackup:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2022-45376	An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.668% 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/VTS22-013#M1

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Veritas Netbackup

Weaknesses

CWE-611

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:03 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Oct 3, 2022, 2:49 PM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:03 PM
Reserved: Oct 3, 2022, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Oct 3, 2022, 3:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:04 AM

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