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CVE-2026-28198

Privilege Escalation via Cryptographic Signature Verification Bypass in NetBackup Flex OS Shell

Critical9.4EPSS 0.34%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
ENISA

Description

An authenticated, low-privileged user with access to the NetBackup Flex OS management shell could bypass the cryptographic signature verification step of a privileged support command by supplying a specially formed access credential. Successful exploitation grants the attacker an unrestricted root shell with full control over the Flex appliance host and all hosted containers, completely compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By ENISA

  2. · 7 months later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-28198, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
ENISACNA (assigner)4.0Critical9.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
ENISACNA (assigner)3.1High8.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Deferred4.0Critical9.4CVSS: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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.34% · top 72% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.4.

Weakness

Affected products

What to do

Workaround: Restrict management shell access to authorized administrators only. No compensating control fully eliminates the risk; upgrading is required.

References (2)

Sources

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