What is CVE-2022-32973?

CVE-2022-32973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-32973?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2022-32973

An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.

Published 2022-06-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (70.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 71st percentile — 70.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.014 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Nessus — versions Nessus 10.1.X and earlier

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-11 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32973?: CVE-2022-32973 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2022-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-32973?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.