What is CVE-2021-20079?

CVE-2021-20079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-29.

How severe is CVE-2021-20079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus

CVE-2021-20079

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.

EPSS: 0.006 (45.5th 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
N/a Nessus — versions Nessus 8.13.2 and earlier

References

vulnreport@tenable.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-20079?: CVE-2021-20079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2021-06-29.
How severe is CVE-2021-20079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.