CVE-2023-6178

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.8%

Medium (6.5) in tenable nessus. EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 service condition.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 57% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-787
Published: 2023-11-20
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

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

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