CVE-2022-46413
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedAn issue was discovered in Veritas NetBackup Flex Scale through 3.0 and Access Appliance through 8.0.100. Authenticated remote command execution can occur via the management portal.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis vulnerability allows an authenticated user to execute arbitrary commands on the underlying operating system through the NetBackup Flex Scale (up to 3.0) or Access Appliance (up to 8.0.100) management web portal. The attack vector is remote and requires valid authentication credentials, but once authenticated, the attacker can inject and execute OS-level commands with the privileges of the web application service.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 8.0.100<= 3.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify installed product and versionAccess the appliance console or use the command line interface (e.g., 'vxdctl -version' or check the web UI login page footer) to determine if the system is running Veritas Access Appliance or NetBackup Flex Scale and note the exact version number.Affected if The product is Veritas Access Appliance version 8.0.100 or earlier, or NetBackup Flex Scale version 3.0 or earlier.
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Check management portal network exposureReview firewall rules or network configuration to determine if the management web portal (typically HTTPS on port 443 or 8443) is exposed to untrusted networks or the public internet.Affected if The management portal is accessible from networks outside the trusted internal environment.
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Verify web service is runningCheck if the NetBackup or Access web management service is active by running system commands like 'ps -ef | grep -i web' or checking service status through the appliance CLI.Affected if The web management service is running and accessible.
A system is affected if it is running Access Appliance <= 8.0.100 or NetBackup Flex Scale <= 3.0, the management portal is network-accessible, and the web application service is active.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataRestrict network access to the management portal to trusted IP ranges via firewall rules or VPN, enforce strong multi-factor authentication for portal accounts, and apply available vendor patches to upgrade beyond the affected versions.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-46413 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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