VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-6403
NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 26.7%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 26.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Before 8.0 and NetBackup Appliance Before 3.0. NetBackup Cloud Storage Service uses a hardcoded username and password.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 26.68% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-798
- Affected
- veritas/netbackup · veritas/netbackup appliance
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 22.6% on 21 September 2026 to 26.7% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.