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Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Jun 29, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2021-20079

CVE-2021-20079

Description

Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

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Affected products

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  • Tenable/Nessus2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.13.2
    • (no CPE)range: <=8.13.2
  • Nessus/Nessusdescription

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