What is CVE-2017-6409?

CVE-2017-6409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-6409?

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

Auth bypass in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2017-6409

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.0 and earlier and NetBackup Appliance 3.0 and earlier. Unauthenticated CORBA interfaces permit inappropriate access.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

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: 0.014 (70.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-306 — Missing Authentication for Critical Function

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/96504 (vdb-entry)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1037950 (vdb-entry)
www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS17-003.html (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-6409?: CVE-2017-6409 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-03-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-6409?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.