CVE-2026-28197 PUBLISHED

Privilege Escalation via Argument Injection in NetBackup Flex OS Shell

Assigner: ENISA
Reserved: 25.02.2026 Published: 18.09.2026 Updated: 18.09.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: 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 Score: 9.4

Product Status

Vendor Cohesity
Product NetBackup Flex OS
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 6.4 (excl.)

Workarounds

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

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-88 Improper neutralization of argument delimiters in a command ('argument injection') CWE