Tenable Nessus

29 CVEs affecting Tenable Nessus. Latest disclosed: 2025-07-01. Critical: 0, High: 10.

Top CVEs affecting Tenable Nessus
CVESeverityScorePublishedSummary
CVE-2025-36630High8.42025-07-01In 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-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-2017-7850High7.82017-04-19Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
CVE-2017-7199High7.82017-03-23Nessus 6.6.2 - 6.10.3 contains a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Ag…
CVE-2022-0778High7.52022-03-15The BN_mod_sqrt() function, which computes a modular square root, contains a bug that can cause it to loop forever for non-prime moduli. Internally this functi…
CVE-2017-11506High7.42017-08-09When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the ini…
CVE-2017-6543High7.32017-03-08Tenable Nessus before 6.10.2 (as used alone or in Tenable Appliance before 4.5.0) was found to contain a flaw that allowed a remote, authenticated attacker to…
CVE-2023-6062Medium6.82023-11-20 An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessu…
CVE-2023-3252Medium6.82023-08-29 An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite…
CVE-2023-5847Medium6.72023-11-01 Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and L…
CVE-2024-0971Medium6.52024-02-06 A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter scan DB content.
CVE-2016-4055Medium6.52017-01-23The duration function in the moment package before 2.11.2 for Node.js allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long string…
CVE-2023-2005Medium6.32023-06-26Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: befor…
CVE-2017-7849Medium5.52017-04-19Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local denial of service condition due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
CVE-2017-2122Medium5.42017-05-12Cross-site scripting vulnerability in Nessus versions 6.8.0, 6.8.1, 6.9.0, 6.9.1 and 6.9.2 allows remote authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web script…
CVE-2016-9259Medium5.42017-02-28Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via unspecifie…
CVE-2016-9260Medium5.42017-01-31Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Tenable Nessus before 6.9 allows remote authenticated users to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors rela…