What is CVE-2023-28818?

CVE-2023-28818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Aptare It Analytics, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-24.

How severe is CVE-2023-28818?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Veritas Aptare It Analytics

CVE-2023-28818

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup IT Analytics 11 before 11.2.0. The application upgrade process included unsigned files that could be exploited and result in a customer installing unauthentic components. A malicious actor could install rogue Collector executable files (aptare.jar or upgrademanager.zip) on the Portal server, which might then be downloaded and installed on collectors.

EPSS: 0.002 (6.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Veritas Aptare_it_analytics
Veritas Netbackup_it_analytics — versions 11.0.00, 11.1.00
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-28818?: CVE-2023-28818 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Veritas Aptare It Analytics, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2023-03-24.
How severe is CVE-2023-28818?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.