What is CVE-2022-42301?

CVE-2022-42301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-42301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

XXE in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42301

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.

Vulnerability class: XXE (XML External Entity)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-611 — Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42301?: CVE-2022-42301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE). CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.