What is CVE-2017-6402?

CVE-2017-6402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6402?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6402

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Denial of service affecting NetBackup server can occur.

Published 2017-03-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 59.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96485 (vdb-entry)
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6402?: CVE-2017-6402 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6402?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.