What is CVE-2022-32974?

CVE-2022-32974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-06-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-32974?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2022-32974

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.

EPSS: 0.007 (49.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
N/a Nessus — versions Nessus 10.1.X and earlier

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-32974?: CVE-2022-32974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-06-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-32974?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.