VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20106

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.29%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-07-21
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references