VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-20135

CVSS score6.7 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-11-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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).

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo

Primary references