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.

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.

EPSS: 0.007 (47.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Tenable Nessus
N/a Nessus Professional — versions Version 10.1.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-522 — Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

disclose@cybersecurityworks.com (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.