CVE-2021-20117

Published: Sep 9, 2021Modified: Jun 17, 2026

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 8.3.0 and earlier was found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. This is different than CVE-2021-20118.

Affected (1)

Products: Tenable: Nessus Agent

Tenable

1 product

Nessus Agent

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Tenable Nessus Agent	Up to 8.3.0

References (2)

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

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