High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-11506
CVE-2017-11506
Description
When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
2- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11nvdVendor Advisory
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