Is CVE-2023-37237 being actively exploited?

CVE-2023-37237 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-37237?

CVE-2023-37237 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2023-37237

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD

In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an authenticated Admin to bypass shell restrictions and execute arbitrary operating system commands via SSH.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.5 (v3.1)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-732
EPSS score: 0.6% (49th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2023-41157)
Published: June 29, 2023
NVD last modified: June 17, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2023-41157 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on November 26, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance
veritas / netbackup appliance

Certified products that may be affected

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

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/VTS23-004(Vendor Advisory)

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

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