Nessus Agent
by Tenable
CVEs (11)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-36633 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.00 | Jun 13, 2025 | In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation. | ||
| CVE-2025-36631 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jun 13, 2025 | In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege. | ||
| CVE-2025-36632 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Jun 16, 2025 | In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could execute code with SYSTEM privilege. | ||
| CVE-2020-5793 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Nov 5, 2020 | A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could… | ||
| CVE-2021-3450 | Hig | 0.50 | 7.4 | 0.18 | Mar 25, 2021 | The X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag enables additional security checks of the certificates present in a certificate chain. It is not set by default. Starting from OpenSSL version 1.1.1h a check to disallow certificates in the chain that have explicitly encoded elliptic curve… | ||
| CVE-2023-5847 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Nov 1, 2023 | Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts. | ||
| CVE-2021-20118 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Sep 9, 2021 | 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-2021-20117. | ||
| CVE-2021-20117 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Sep 9, 2021 | 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. | ||
| CVE-2021-20077 | Med | 0.44 | 6.7 | 0.00 | Mar 19, 2021 | Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token. | ||
| CVE-2019-16168 | Med | 0.43 | 6.5 | 0.04 | Sep 9, 2019 | In SQLite through 3.29.0, whereLoopAddBtreeIndex in sqlite3.c can crash a browser or other application because of missing validation of a sqlite_stat1 sz field, aka a "severe division by zero in the query planner." | ||
| CVE-2026-2026 | Med | 0.40 | 6.1 | 0.00 | Feb 13, 2026 | A vulnerability has been identified where weak file permissions in the Nessus Agent directory on Windows hosts could allow unauthorized access, potentially permitting Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. |
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.00
In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could arbitrarily delete local system files with SYSTEM privilege, potentially leading to local privilege escalation.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log content at SYSTEM privilege.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
In Tenable Agent versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could execute code with SYSTEM privilege.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to copy user-supplied files to a specially constructed path in a specifically named user directory. An attacker could…
- risk 0.50cvss 7.4epss 0.18
The X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag enables additional security checks of the certificates present in a certificate chain. It is not set by default. Starting from OpenSSL version 1.1.1h a check to disallow certificates in the chain that have explicitly encoded elliptic curve…
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
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-2021-20117.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
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.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.7epss 0.00
Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.
- risk 0.43cvss 6.5epss 0.04
In SQLite through 3.29.0, whereLoopAddBtreeIndex in sqlite3.c can crash a browser or other application because of missing validation of a sqlite_stat1 sz field, aka a "severe division by zero in the query planner."
- risk 0.40cvss 6.1epss 0.00
A vulnerability has been identified where weak file permissions in the Nessus Agent directory on Windows hosts could allow unauthorized access, potentially permitting Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.