{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5793 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5793 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-5793 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 5 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2020-5793 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-5793 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 5 Nov 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5793 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Tenable Nessus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5793/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5793/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-5793","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5793/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-5793","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-ghm7-vx3w-9hw3"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation","code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nessus vulnerability scanner","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"An authenticated local attacker can copy malicious files to system directories via path traversal, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[{"product":"nessus","vendor":"tenable"},{"product":"nessus_agent","vendor":"tenable"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows \u0026 Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious file and copying the file to a system directory. The attacker needs valid credentials on the Windows system to exploit this vulnerability.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus for Windows and Tenable Nessus Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-5793","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"tenable:nessus","products":["tenable:nessus"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":2,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in Nessus Network Monitor","id":"CVE-2020-5794"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Command injection in Nagios XI","id":"CVE-2020-5792"},"products":["Tenable Nessus for Windows and Tenable Nessus Agent for Windows"],"published":"2020-11-05","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and Nessus","id":"CVE-2022-4313","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus","id":"CVE-2023-0524","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Nessus","id":"CVE-2023-0101","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-01-20"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Nessus","id":"CVE-2022-32973","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-06-21"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-36630","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus","id":"CVE-2019-3974","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-15"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-04","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"An authenticated local attacker can copy malicious files to system directories via path traversal, potentially leading to privilege escalation or code execution.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5793/"}