Is CVE-2022-42303 being actively exploited?

CVE-2022-42303 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-42303?

CVE-2022-42303 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2022-42303

HIGH · CVSS 8.0EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a second-order SQL Injection attack affecting the NBFSMCLIENT service by leveraging CVE-2022-42302.

Key facts

CVSS score: 8.0 (v3.1)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-89
EPSS score: 0.6% (48th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2022-45378)
Published: October 3, 2022
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-45378 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 3, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

veritas / netbackup

Certified products that may be affected

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

Veritas NetBackup v9.1.0.1 - Veritas Technologies - Common Criteria OCSI/CERT/CCL/01/2022/RC - active

References

https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-011#H1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)

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

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