Tenable Nessus

72 CVEs affecting Tenable Nessus. Latest disclosed: 2026-06-25. Critical: 4, High: 27.

Top CVEs affecting Tenable Nessus
CVESeverityScorePublishedSummary
CVE-2022-23852Critical9.82022-01-24Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for configurations with a nonzero XML_CONTEXT_BYTES.
CVE-2022-22824Critical9.82022-01-10defineAttribute in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-22823Critical9.82022-01-10build_model in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-22822Critical9.82022-01-10addBinding in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-4313High8.82023-03-15A vulnerability was reported where through modifying the scan variables, an authenticated user in Tenable products, that has Scan Policy Configuration roles, c…
CVE-2023-0524High8.82023-02-01As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with suffic…
CVE-2023-0101High8.82023-01-20A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potenti…
CVE-2022-32973High8.82022-06-21An authenticated attacker could create an audit file that bypasses PowerShell cmdlet checks and executes commands with administrator privileges.
CVE-2022-22827High8.82022-01-10storeAtts in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-22826High8.82022-01-10nextScaffoldPart in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2022-22825High8.82022-01-10lookup in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3 has an integer overflow.
CVE-2021-45960High8.82022-01-01In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the storeAtts function in xmlparse.c can lead to realloc misbehavior (e.g., alloca…
CVE-2025-36630High8.42025-07-02In Tenable Nessus versions prior to 10.8.5 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could overwrite arbitrary local system files with log…
CVE-2024-3290High8.22024-05-17A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus host could modify installation parameters at installation time…
CVE-2021-46143High8.12022-01-06In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize.
CVE-2019-3974High8.12019-08-15Nessus 8.5.2 and earlier on Windows platforms were found to contain an issue where certain system files could be overwritten arbitrarily, potentially creating…
CVE-2025-24914High7.82025-04-18When installing Nessus to a non-default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. Thi…
CVE-2024-3289High7.82024-05-17When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.3 did not enforce secure permissions for…
CVE-2024-2390High7.82024-03-18 As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a mali…
CVE-2020-5793High7.82020-11-05A vulnerability in Nessus versions 8.9.0 through 8.12.0 for Windows & Nessus Agent 8.0.0 and 8.1.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to c…