A path traversal vulnerability exists in the com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile() method in the Keysight Sensor…

published 2022-08-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-40731

cvss: 8.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 22.0%; EPSS 22.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 14 mo ago (2025-08-27)

Exploit prediction

21.96% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2022-28 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD	3.1	9.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA	3.1	8.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

n/a Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server

Classification

Weakness

CWE-24 Path Traversal: '../filedir'
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

tenable.com /security/research/tra-2022-28
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-38129
NVD CVE-2022-38129

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Summary