What is CVE-2017-8050?

CVE-2017-8050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Appliance. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-8050?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Appliance

CVE-2017-8050

Tenable Appliance 4.4.0, and possibly prior, contains a flaw in the Web UI that allows for the unauthorized manipulation of the admin password.

Published 2017-04-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (57.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 57.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Tenable Appliance

References

vulndb.cyberriskanalytics.com/153134 (Permissions Required)
www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-07 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8050?: CVE-2017-8050 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Appliance. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-8050?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.