CVE-2022-32974 Path traversal in Nessus
An authenticated attacker can read arbitrary files from the scanner's operating system by uploading a malicious compliance audit file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-32974?
CVE-2022-32974 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 21 Jun 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An authenticated attacker could read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system of the scanner using a custom crafted compliance audit file without providing any valid SSH credentials.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-32974?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Tenable Nessus.
How do I fix CVE-2022-32974?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-32974 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-32974 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-32974 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Tenable Nessus
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rx9w-3mxj-p352.