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.

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

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (52.8th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 53rd percentile — 52.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · 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-2022-32974?: 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.