CVE-2022-46411
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2022-46411- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-49220
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2022-49220- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xq46-c84j-2v2w
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through...
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
- Record
GHSA-xq46-c84j-2v2w- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287, CWE-798
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. A default password is persisted after installation and may be discovered and used to escalate privileges.
- Record
CVE-2022-46411- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-46411 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Veritas Access Appliance, published December 4, 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.