{"id":"CVE-2026-28197","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-28197","generatedAt":"2026-09-20T12:35:20.215Z","title":"An authenticated, low-privileged user with access to the NetBackup Flex OS management shell could supply a specially crafted input to a privileged administrative command, causing it to execute arbitrary code with root-level permissions.","description":"An authenticated, low-privileged user with access to the NetBackup Flex \nOS management shell could supply a specially crafted input to a \nprivileged administrative command, causing it to execute arbitrary code \nwith root-level permissions. Successful exploitation grants the attacker\n unrestricted control over the Flex appliance host and all hosted \ncontainers, fully compromising confidentiality, integrity, and \navailability.","published":"2026-09-18T12:17:25.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-18T19:24:37.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"a6d3dc9e-0591-4a13-bce7-0f5b31ff6158","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":9.4,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-88"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0037,"percentile":0.30913,"date":"2026-09-19","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 (0.37%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/COH-2026-0001.md","source":"a6d3dc9e-0591-4a13-bce7-0f5b31ff6158"},{"url":"https://www.cvcn.gov.it/cvcn/cve/CVE-2026-28197","source":"a6d3dc9e-0591-4a13-bce7-0f5b31ff6158"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28197","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."}