Nessus Agent
by Tenable
CVEs (13)
| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-36640 | Hig | 0.57 | 8.8 | 0.00 | Jan 13, 2026 | A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges. | ||
| CVE-2024-3292 | Hig | 0.53 | 8.2 | 0.00 | May 17, 2024 | A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292 | ||
| CVE-2025-24915 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Mar 21, 2025 | When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default… | ||
| CVE-2024-3291 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | May 17, 2024 | When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories… | ||
| CVE-2023-6178 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | 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-2023-5847 | 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-2021-20118 | 0.00 | — | 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 | 0.00 | — | 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-2021-20106 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jul 21, 2021 | 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. | |||
| CVE-2021-20100 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 28, 2021 | Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20099. | |||
| CVE-2021-20099 | 0.00 | — | 0.00 | Jun 28, 2021 | Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20100. | |||
| CVE-2021-20077 | 0.00 | — | 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-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… |
- risk 0.57cvss 8.8epss 0.00
A vulnerability has been identified in the installation/uninstallation of the Nessus Agent Tray App on Windows Hosts which could lead to escalation of privileges.
- risk 0.53cvss 8.2epss 0.00
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus Agent host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host. - CVE-2024-3292
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
When installing Nessus Agent to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.8.3 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-default…
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
When installing Nessus Agent to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories…
- CVE-2023-6178Nov 20, 2023risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
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-2023-5847Nov 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-2021-20118Sep 9, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2021-20117Sep 9, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- CVE-2021-20106Jul 21, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
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.
- CVE-2021-20100Jun 28, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20099.
- CVE-2021-20099Jun 28, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 0.00
Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20100.
- CVE-2021-20077Mar 19, 2021risk 0.00cvss —epss 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.
- 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…