CVE-2026-28198

9.4 criticalEPSS 0.3%

Critical (9.4). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 4.0

9.4 critical

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

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 27% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-347
Published: 2026-09-18
Modified: 2026-09-18
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/COH-2026-0001.md
https://www.cvcn.gov.it/cvcn/cve/CVE-2026-28198

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