Veritas — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for Veritas with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 3 Veritas vulnerabilities confirmed as exploited in the wild across 1 product; 3 of them (100%) are flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. All entries affect a single product: Backup Exec Agent. CISA added 3 entries in 2023, compared with 0 in 2022. Across the 3 entries with an NVD CVSS score (100% of the total), the average score is 8.4; none is rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2021-27876 (Veritas Backup Exec Agent File Access Vulnerability), added on 2023-04-07.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Backup Exec Agent | 3 | 100% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited Veritas vulnerabilities (3)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-27876 | Backup Exec Agent | Veritas Backup Exec Agent File Access Vulnerability | 2023-04-07 | Known | HIGH8.1 |
| CVE-2021-27877 | Backup Exec Agent | Veritas Backup Exec Agent Improper Authentication Vulnerability | 2023-04-07 | Known | HIGH8.2 |
| CVE-2021-27878 | Backup Exec Agent | Veritas Backup Exec Agent Command Execution Vulnerability | 2023-04-07 | Known | HIGH8.8 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.