CVE-2024-12174 (GCVE-0-2024-12174)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-12-09 21:38 – Updated: 2024-12-10 17:14
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
An Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability exists in Tenable Security Center where an authenticated, privileged attacker could intercept email messages sent from Security Center via a rogue SMTP server.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-12-10 16:08 UTC
CWE
- CWE-295 - Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenable | Security Center |
Affected:
0 , < 6.5.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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