What is CVE-2022-36952?

CVE-2022-36952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-07-27.

How severe is CVE-2022-36952?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-36952

In Veritas NetBackup OpsCenter, a hard-coded credential exists that could be used to exploit the underlying VxSS subsystem. 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.

Published 2022-07-27 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (41.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 42nd percentile — 41.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup — versions 9.0, 9.1.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-009 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-36952?: CVE-2022-36952 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 8.4/10. Published 2022-07-27.
How severe is CVE-2022-36952?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.4 out of 10.