CVE-2022-42305
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 is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
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 is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.
- Record
CVE-2022-42305- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-45380
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.
- Record
EUVD-2022-45380- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:N/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w5wj-xg2c-rm3f
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 is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.
- Record
GHSA-w5wj-xg2c-rm3f- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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 is vulnerable to a Path traversal attack through the DiscoveryService service.
- Record
CVE-2022-42305- CVSS 3.1
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- 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-2022-42305 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) 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 0.68%, the 52nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.