Nessus
by Tenable
CVEs (80)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-4313 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.01 | Mar 15, 2023 | A vulnerability was reported where through modifying the scan variables, an authenticated user in Tenable products, that has Scan Policy Configuration roles, could manipulate audit policy variables to execute arbitrary commands on credentialed scan targets. | ||
| CVE-2023-0524 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.01 | Feb 1, 2023 | As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. We have… | ||
| CVE-2023-0101 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.01 | Jan 20, 2023 | A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host. | ||
| CVE-2022-32973 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.01 | Jun 21, 2022 | An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges. | ||
| CVE-2025-36630 | Hig | 0.55 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Jul 2, 2025 | In Tenable Nessus 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-2024-3290 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | May 17, 2024 | A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host | ||
| CVE-2019-3974 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.1 | 0.02 | Aug 15, 2019 | Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwritten arbitrarily, potentially creating a denial of service condition. | ||
| CVE-2025-24914 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Apr 18, 2025 | When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation… | ||
| CVE-2024-3289 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | May 17, 2024 | When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the… | ||
| 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-2017-7850 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Apr 19, 2017 | Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode. | ||
| CVE-2017-7199 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Mar 23, 2017 | Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue. | ||
| 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-2017-11506 | Hig | 0.48 | 7.4 | 0.01 | Aug 9, 2017 | 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. | ||
| CVE-2017-6543 | Hig | 0.48 | 7.3 | 0.01 | Mar 8, 2017 | Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated… | ||
| CVE-2022-0778 | Hig | 0.47 | 7.5 | 0.71 | Mar 15, 2022 | The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internally this function is used when parsing certificates that contain elliptic curve public keys in compressed form or explicit elliptic… | ||
| CVE-2020-5774 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.1 | 0.00 | Aug 21, 2020 | Nessus versions 8.11.0 and earlier were found to maintain sessions longer than the permitted period in certain scenarios. The lack of proper session expiration could allow attackers with local access to login into an existing browser session. | ||
| CVE-2018-1141 | Hig | 0.46 | 7.0 | 0.00 | Mar 20, 2018 | When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location. | ||
| CVE-2023-6178 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Nov 20, 2023 | An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition. | ||
| CVE-2023-6062 | Med | 0.44 | 6.8 | 0.01 | Nov 20, 2023 | An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition. |
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.01
A vulnerability was reported where through modifying the scan variables, an authenticated user in Tenable products, that has Scan Policy Configuration roles, could manipulate audit policy variables to execute arbitrary commands on credentialed scan targets.
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.01
As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. We have…
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.01
A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.01
An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.
- risk 0.55cvss 8.4epss 0.00
In Tenable Nessus 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 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host
- risk 0.53cvss 8.1epss 0.02
Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwritten arbitrarily, potentially creating a denial of service condition.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default installation…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the…
- 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 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode. Version 6.10.4 fixes this issue.
- 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 0.48cvss 7.4epss 0.01
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.
- risk 0.48cvss 7.3epss 0.01
Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to upload a crafted file that could be written to anywhere on the system. This could be used to subsequently gain elevated…
- risk 0.47cvss 7.5epss 0.71
The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internally this function is used when parsing certificates that contain elliptic curve public keys in compressed form or explicit elliptic…
- risk 0.46cvss 7.1epss 0.00
Nessus versions 8.11.0 and earlier were found to maintain sessions longer than the permitted period in certain scenarios. The lack of proper session expiration could allow attackers with local access to login into an existing browser session.
- risk 0.46cvss 7.0epss 0.00
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the installation location.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated attacker with privileges on the managing application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
- risk 0.44cvss 6.8epss 0.01
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
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