CVE-2022-42300
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
- Record
CVE-2022-42300- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45375
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
- Record
EUVD-2022-45375- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:L/C:N/I:N/PR:L/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-rhw3-c4r2-28c3
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
- Record
GHSA-rhw3-c4r2-28c3- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server nbars process can be crashed resulting in a denial of service. (Note: the watchdog service will automatically restart the process.)
- Record
CVE-2022-42300- CVSS 3.1
- 4.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-42300 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Veritas Netbackup, published October 3, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.