CVE-2022-42303
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0 and related Veritas products. The...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-42303- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45378
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.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45378- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pvm7-6jwc-429f
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0 and related Veritas products. The...
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.
- Record
GHSA-pvm7-6jwc-429f- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2022-42303- CVSS 3.1
- 8.0 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- 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-2022-42303 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.0) 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 0.61%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.