What is CVE-2022-3499?

CVE-2022-3499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-3499?

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

Information disclosure in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2022-3499

An authenticated attacker could utilize the identical agent and cluster node linking keys to potentially allow for a scenario where unauthorized disclosure of agent logs and data is present.

Published 2022-10-31 · 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: 0.008 (56.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 56th percentile — 56.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
Tenable Nessus — versions 10.3.1 and earlier

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-21 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3499?: CVE-2022-3499 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-3499?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.