Nessus at a glance
- Last 12 months
- 3
- Critical · all time
- 0
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| Nov 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2026 | 1 | 0 |
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| Jul 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2026 | 2 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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20 results · Feed
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High 8.3
SQL Injection
An SQL injection vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to read or modify data stored by Nessus.
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Medium 5.3
SQL Injection in Nessus via Reverse DNS Lookup
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls reverse DNS records for a scanned host to inject malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
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Low 3.3CVE-2026-57588 Public exploit
SQL Injection in Nessus via Malicious Scan Result File Import
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows an attacker to craft a malicious scan result file that, when imported by a privileged user, injects malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
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High 8.4
Local Privilege Escalation
In 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 content at SYSTEM privilege.
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Medium 4.3
Log Poisoning in Nessus
In Nessus versions prior to 10.8.4, a non-authenticated attacker could alter Nessus logging entries by manipulating http requests to the application.
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High 7.8
Local Priviledge Escalation
When 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. This could allow for local privilege escalation if users had not secured the directories in the non-def…
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High 8.2
Race Condition
A race condition vulnerability exists where an authenticated, local attacker on a Windows Nessus host could modify installation parameters at installation time, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host
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High 7.8
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location on a Windows host, Nessus versions prior to 10.7.…
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High 7.8
Local Privilege Escalation
As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem l…
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Medium 6.5
A SQL injection vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low-privileged remote attacker could potentially alter sca…
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Medium 4.8
Stored XSS vulnerability
A stored XSS vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus proxy settings, which could lead to the execution of remote arbitrary scripts.
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Medium 6.8
Arbitrary File Write
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges on the Nessus application could alter Nessus Rules variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host, which could lead to a denial of se…
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Medium 6.7
Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade …
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Medium 4.3
Improper authorization in Nessus
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.
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Medium 6.8
Arbitrary File Write
An arbitrary file write vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could alter logging variables to overwrite arbitrary files on the remote host with log data, which could lead to a denial of service condition.
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Medium 4.1
Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus
A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.
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Medium 6.3
Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnera…
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Unscored —
Content Injection vulnerability in Tenable Nessus prior to 8.5.0 may allow an authenticated, local attacker to exploit …
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Unscored —
When installing Nessus to a directory outside of the default location, Nessus versions prior to 7.0.3 did not enforce s…
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Unscored —
When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manag…