Medium severity6.7NVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-20117
CVE-2021-20117
Description
Nessus Agent 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.
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Affected products
4- Nessus/Nessus Agentdescription
- Range: <=8.3.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15nvdPatchVendor Advisory
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