CVE-2023-6062

mediumpriority · track · 26EPSS 0.010 · 64 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.03% (64th) EPSS

CVSS 6.5 · medium

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.16.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 5.2

v3.16.8mediumAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.16.8mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · vulnreport@tenable.comexploitability 2.3 · impact 4

v3.16mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-787USprimaryCWE-434US

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Tenable Nessus< 10.5.7enisa_euvdEU
Tenable Nessus0 → 10.6.2enisa_euvdEU
Tenable, Inc. Nessus≤ 10.6.2fstec_bduRU
Tenable, Inc. Nessus≤ 10.5.6fstec_bduRU
tenable nessus< 10.5.7nvdUScpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
tenable nessus10.6.0 → 10.6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2957Tenable Security Nessus: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of ServiceDeutsch2023-11-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Tenable Security Nessus ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-11-20modified 2026-06-17

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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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