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CVE-2021-20135

nvd nist
Published: Nov 3, 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 versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).

Affected (1)

Products: Tenable: Nessus
1 product
Nessus
Configuration A
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Up to 8.15.2

References (2)

Source: vulnreport@tenable.com
Vendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory

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