CVE-2023-37237
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-37237- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-41157
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.
- Record
EUVD-2023-41157- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:N/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h4ch-2gpx-6992
In Veritas NetBackup Appliance before 4.1.0.1 MR3, insecure permissions may allow an...
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.
- Record
GHSA-h4ch-2gpx-6992- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2023-37237- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-732
- 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-2023-37237 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Veritas Netbackup Appliance, published June 29, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.62%, the 50th percentile. No source names a fixed version.