CVE-2026-9781

HighCVSS 8.8

Published: 25/06/2026(UTC)Updated: 26/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 27/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.69%

48th percentile — higher than 48% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Quest NetVault Backup allows remote code execution via SQL injection in the NVBURASDevice component. Authentication is required but can be bypassed.

Risk Assessment

The risk includes potential takeover of the NETWORK SERVICE account, leading to privilege escalation and data breach.

Recommendation

Immediately update Quest NetVault Backup to the latest patched version and implement additional access controls.

Original NVD description (English source)

Quest NetVault Backup NVBURASDevice SQL Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Quest NetVault Backup. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the processing of NVBURASDevice JSON-RPC messages. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to construct SQL queries. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of NETWORK SERVICE. Was ZDI-CAN-27648.