Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus_agent
CVE-2021-20077
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…
EPSS: 0.003 (26.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus_agent
- N/a Tenable Nessus Agent — versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- vulnreport@tenable.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- vulnreport@tenable.com (x_refsource_MISC, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-20077?
- CVE-2021-20077 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus_agent. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-03-19.
- How severe is CVE-2021-20077?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-20077 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.