Is CVE-2022-36989 being actively exploited?

CVE-2022-36989 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-36989?

CVE-2022-36989 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.8 (HIGH).

CVE-2022-36989

HIGH · CVSS 8.8EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup 8.1.x through 8.1.2, 8.2, 8.3.x through 8.3.0.2, 9.x through 9.0.0.1, and 9.1.x through 9.1.0.1 (and related NetBackup products). An attacker with authenticated access to a NetBackup Client could remotely execute arbitrary commands on a NetBackup Primary server.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.8 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS score: 1.1% (64th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-39646)
Published: July 28, 2022
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-39646 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 3, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

veritas / flex appliance
veritas / flex appliance
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veritas / flex appliance
veritas / flex appliance
veritas / flex appliance
veritas / flex scale
veritas / flex scale
veritas / netbackup
veritas / netbackup
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veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance

Certified products that may be affected

2 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Veritas NetBackup v9.1.0.1 - Veritas Technologies - Common Criteria OCSI/CERT/CCL/01/2022/RC - active
Veritas NetBackup™ 8.2 and NetBackup 5240 Appliance Release 3.2 - Veritas Technologies - Common Criteria 383-4-494 - archived

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-004#h2(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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