Vulnerability in Tenable Nessus
CVE-2022-28291
Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in cleartext via process dumping. The affected products are all versions of Nessus Essentials and Professional. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access credentials stored in Nessus scanners, potentially compromising its customers’ network of assets.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.007 (51.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 51st percentile — 51.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus
- Nessus Professional — versions Version 10.1.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cybersecurityworks.com/blog/zero-days/csw-expert-discovers-a-zero-day-vulnerabi… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-28291?
- CVE-2022-28291 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Insufficiently Protected Credentials. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-28291?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.