CVE-2026-28197

critical · 9.4

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. Successful exploitation grants the attacker unrestricted control over the Flex appliance host and all hosted containers, fully compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

9.4

CVSS

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EPSS (exploit prob.)

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EPSS percentile

2026-09-18

Published

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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Weaknesses

CWE-88

References

https://github.com/cohesity/SecAdvisory/blob/master/COH-2026-0001.md
https://www.cvcn.gov.it/cvcn/cve/CVE-2026-28197

Query this programmatically:

curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2026-28197