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Nessus versions 8.13.2 and earlier were found to contain...

High severity Unreviewed Published May 24, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

No package listedSuggest a package

Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Nessus versions 8.13.2 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.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 29, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 24, 2022
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

High

EPSS score

0.044%
(14th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-20079

GHSA ID

GHSA-2fhr-9w58-p9x4

Source code

No known source code

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