What is CVE-2022-42302?

CVE-2022-42302 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-42302?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42302

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a SQL Injection attack affecting the NBFSMCLIENT service.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-10-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 44th percentile — 44.4% 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: 0.006 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Veritas Netbackup

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-011 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-42302?: CVE-2022-42302 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42302?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.