{"id":"CVE-2022-42301","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-42301","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:41:52.556Z","title":"The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.","description":"An issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup through 10.0.0.1 and related Veritas products. The NetBackup Primary server is vulnerable to an XML External Entity (XXE) injection attack through the nbars process.","published":"2022-10-03T15:15:21.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:04:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-611"],"affected":["veritas/netbackup"],"epss":{"score":0.00668,"percentile":0.51632,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.67%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-013#M1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS22-013#M1","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42301","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}