Nessus
by Tenable
CVEs (55)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2003-0372 | 0.03 | — | 0.01 | Jun 16, 2003 | Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL… | |||
| CVE-2025-36630 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 1, 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-2024-0971 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Feb 6, 2024 | A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter scan DB content. | |||
| CVE-2024-0955 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Feb 6, 2024 | A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts. | |||
| CVE-2023-6178 | 0.00 | — | 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 | 0.00 | — | 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. | |||
| CVE-2023-5847 | 0.00 | — | 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-2023-3253 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 29, 2023 | An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application. | |||
| CVE-2023-3252 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Aug 29, 2023 | An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition. | |||
| CVE-2023-3251 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Aug 29, 2023 | A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0. | |||
| CVE-2023-2005 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 26, 2023 | Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow… | |||
| CVE-2023-0101 | 0.00 | — | 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-2022-33757 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Oct 24, 2022 | An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus… | |||
| CVE-2022-32974 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Jun 21, 2022 | An authenticated attacker could read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system of the scanner using a custom crafted compliance audit file without providing any valid SSH credentials. | |||
| CVE-2021-20135 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Nov 2, 2021 | Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The… | |||
| CVE-2021-20079 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 29, 2021 | 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. | |||
| CVE-2020-5812 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Feb 5, 2021 | Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate, or incorrectly validate, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. | |||
| CVE-2020-5793 | 0.00 | — | 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-2020-5774 | 0.00 | — | 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-2020-5765 | 0.00 | — | 0.01 | Jul 15, 2020 | Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has… |
- CVE-2003-0372Jun 16, 2003risk 0.03cvss —epss 0.01
Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL…
- CVE-2025-36630Jul 1, 2025risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2024-0971Feb 6, 2024risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter scan DB content.
- CVE-2024-0955Feb 6, 2024risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts.
- CVE-2023-6178Nov 20, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2023-6062Nov 20, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2023-5847Nov 1, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2023-3253Aug 29, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.
- CVE-2023-3252Aug 29, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
- CVE-2023-3251Aug 29, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.
- CVE-2023-2005Jun 26, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow…
- CVE-2023-0101Jan 20, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2022-33757Oct 24, 2022risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus…
- CVE-2022-32974Jun 21, 2022risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
An authenticated attacker could read arbitrary files from the underlying operating system of the scanner using a custom crafted compliance audit file without providing any valid SSH credentials.
- CVE-2021-20135Nov 2, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The…
- CVE-2021-20079Jun 29, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
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.
- CVE-2020-5812Feb 5, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate, or incorrectly validate, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
- CVE-2020-5793Nov 5, 2020risk 0.00cvss —epss 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…
- CVE-2020-5774Aug 21, 2020risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2020-5765Jul 15, 2020risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.01
Nessus 8.10.0 and earlier were found to contain a Stored XSS vulnerability due to improper validation of input during scan configuration. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code in a user's session. Tenable has…
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