{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-5794 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2020-5794 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2020-5794 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor, published on 6 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-2020-5794 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2020-5794 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor, published on 6 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-2020-5794 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Nessus Network Monitor. 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-2020-5794/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5794/index.md)","id":"CVE-2020-5794","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5794/index.md","name":"CVE-2020-5794","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-58gc-6v7f-wqjg"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nessus Network Monitor","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Authenticated local attackers can execute arbitrary code on Windows by copying files to a specially constructed path in Nessus Network Monitor.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[{"product":"nessus_network_monitor","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 Network Monitor versions 5.11.0, 5.11.1, and 5.12.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code by copying user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user 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 Nessus Network Monitor","id":"CVE-2020-5794","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2020"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in TP-Link Archer A7 v5","id":"CVE-2020-5795"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus for Windows and Tenable Nessus Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-5793"},"products":["Nessus Network Monitor"],"published":"2020-11-06","related":[{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"XSS","id":"CVE-2024-9158","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2024-09-30"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Improper Access Control leads to Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-24917","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.2,"headline":"Blind SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2023-5624","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-26"},{"cvss_score":7.1,"headline":"Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-5622","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-26"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Improper Access Control leads to Local Priviledge Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-24916","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7,"headline":"Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2023-5623","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-10-26"}],"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":"Authenticated local attackers can execute arbitrary code on Windows by copying files to a specially constructed path in Nessus Network Monitor.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-5794/"}