What is CVE-2022-42304?

CVE-2022-42304 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-42304?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Veritas Netbackup

CVE-2022-42304

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 idm, nbars, and SLP manager code.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.9% 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: +0.001

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-2022-42304?: CVE-2022-42304 is a high-severity vulnerability in Veritas Netbackup, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-42304?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.