{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6178 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-6178 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-6178 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-6178 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-6178 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 20 Nov 2023. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-6178 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-2023-6178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6178/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-6178","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6178/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-6178","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-8hj6-r7xc-4vrv"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Nessus Agent","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Authenticated attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via Nessus Rules variables, causing denial of service on the remote host.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[{"product":"nessus","vendor":"tenable"}],"cvss":{"score":6.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-787","name":"Out-of-bounds Write"}],"description":"An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.","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 Agent","id":"CVE-2023-6178","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"tenable:nessus","products":["tenable:nessus"],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Incorrect Permission assignment to program executable folders","id":"CVE-2023-6179"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Kernel: local dos vulnerability in scatterwalk_copychunks","id":"CVE-2023-6176"},"products":["Nessus Agent"],"published":"2023-11-20","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"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus for Windows and Tenable Nessus Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-5793","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-11-05"}],"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":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-02","vendors":["Tenable"]},"summary":"Authenticated attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via Nessus Rules variables, causing denial of service on the remote host.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6178/"}