CVE-2026-13270 PUBLISHED

Quest NetVault Backup nvpmgr Integer Underflow Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

Assigner: zdi
Reserved: 24.06.2026 Published: 12.11.2026 Updated: 12.11.2026

Quest NetVault Backup nvpmgr Integer Underflow Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Quest NetVault Backup. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the nvpmgr service, which listens on UDP port 20031 by default. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in an integer underflow before allocating a buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-28744.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor Quest
Product NetVault Backup
Versions Default: unknown
  • Version 14.0.2.4 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-191: Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) CWE