# CVE-2022-38129: Path traversal in Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server

> Unauthenticated remote attackers can upload arbitrary files to the Keysight Sensor Management Server via a path traversal vulnerability in the license manager.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 27 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4f3p-5vq4-2r5c

## What is CVE-2022-38129?

CVE-2022-38129 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server, published on 10 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile() method in the Keysight Sensor Management Server (SMS). This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to the SMS host.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory), CWE-24 (Path Traversal: '../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-38129?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Keysight Sensor Management Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-38129?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-38129 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-38129 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38129 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server

- [CVE-2022-38130](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38130/): Path traversal in Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-38129 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-38129 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server, published on 10 Aug 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-38129 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38129/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38129/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-38129
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-38129
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-38129

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38129/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.