What is CVE-2022-36949?

CVE-2022-36949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2022-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-36949?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-36949

In Veritas NetBackup OpsCenter, an attacker with local access to a NetBackup OpsCenter server could potentially escalate their privileges. This affects 8.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1, and 10.

EPSS: 0.002 (8.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.3 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup — versions 9.0, 9.1.0.0
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36949?: CVE-2022-36949 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup. CVSS score: 9.3/10. Published 2022-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-36949?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.3 out of 10.