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CVE-2021-20077

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Published: Mar 19, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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6.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 0.8 / Impact: 5.9
Source: NVD

Description

Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.

Affected (1)

1 product
Nessus Agent
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
From 7.2.0 to 8.2.3

References (10)

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Not ApplicableVendor Advisory

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