What is CVE-2017-6403?

CVE-2017-6403 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6403?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6403

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.267 (98.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-28.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.267 · newest: 0.267 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96500 (vdb-entry)
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6403?: CVE-2017-6403 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6403?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.