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High severity7.4NVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 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.

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Affected products

49
  • Tenable/Nessus49 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 48 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)range: <6.11
    • (no CPE)range: 6.x before 6.11

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