Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Jul 21, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-20106
CVE-2021-20106
Description
Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 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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References
1- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-13nvdVendor Advisory
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