Keysight Sensor Management Server path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Keysight Sensor Management Server. This affects the function com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2022-38129. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Keysight Sensor Management Server (affected version unknown). This affects the function com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile() method in the Keysight Sensor Management Server (SMS). This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to upload arbitrary files to the SMS host.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2022. The advisory is shared at tenable.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-38129 since 08/10/2022. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-38129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-38129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-206109

Entryinfo

Created: 08/11/2022 09:57
Updated: 08/27/2025 21:53
Changes: 08/11/2022 09:57 (38), 09/04/2022 16:07 (11), 08/27/2025 21:53 (15)
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