CVE-2021-20079

MediumCVSS 6.7/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.7/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Nessus	Nessus 8.13.2 and earlier

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07Third Party Advisory
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 29, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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