Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.4 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were pr…

published 2020-05-14 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-5155

cvss: 6.5; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits: 0; none known

Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.4 included code that bypassed the normal login process when specific authentication credentials were provided to the server.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

veritas aptare 10.4

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Exploit prediction

0.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:N/A:N/C:L/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.0	6.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

veritas.com /content/support/en_US/security/VTS20-003
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-12874
NVD CVE-2020-12874

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