What is CVE-2023-6178?

CVE-2023-6178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.

How severe is CVE-2023-6178?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent

CVE-2023-6178

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 s…

EPSS: 0.001 (26.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus Agent — versions 0

References

www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-41

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-6178?: CVE-2023-6178 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus Agent. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2023-11-20.
How severe is CVE-2023-6178?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.