CVE-2021-27878An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Apr 7, 2023; federal agencies had to remediate by Apr 28, 2023, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.
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An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 21.2. The communication between a client and an Agent requires successful authentication, which is typically completed over a secure TLS communication. However, due to a vulnerability in the SHA Authentication scheme, an attacker is able to gain unauthorized access and complete the authentication process. Subsequently, the client can execute data management protocol commands on the authenticated connection. The attacker could use one of these commands to execute an arbitrary command on the system using system privileges.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Apr 7, 2023; federal remediation due Apr 28, 2023; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 23.95% (percentile 98)
- Assigned by
- mitre
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
veritas backup_exec veritas:backup_exec | before 21.2 | NVD |
References
- https://www.veritas.com/content/support/en_US/security/VTS21-001#issue3x-refsource-misc, vendor-advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/168506/Veritas-Backup-Exec-Agent-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27878us-government-resource
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