CVE-2022-38129 — A path traversal vulnerability exists in the com

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.

01What is this vulnerability?

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.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server	Keysight Technologies Sensor Management Server v2.4.0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-08-10T16:04:27.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-08-27T18:48:52.261Z

09References

• www.tenable.com — https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2022-28