Privilege escalation in Tenable Nessus
CVE-2023-0524
As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in…
Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation
EPSS: 0.006 (45.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus
- Tenable Tenable.io
- Tenable Tenable.sc
- N/a Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus — versions Tenable plugin feed serial numbers less than #202212212055.
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vulnreport@tenable.com (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-0524?
- CVE-2023-0524 is a high-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2023-02-01.
- How severe is CVE-2023-0524?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.