Description
When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141
Scores
CVSS v3
7.4
EPSS
0.0010
EPSS Percentile
27.9%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Details
CWE
CWE-295
Status
published
Products (48)
tenable/nessus
6.0.0
tenable/nessus
6.0.1
tenable/nessus
6.0.2
tenable/nessus
6.1.0
tenable/nessus
6.1.1
tenable/nessus
6.1.2
tenable/nessus
6.2.0
tenable/nessus
6.2.1
tenable/nessus
6.3.0
tenable/nessus
6.3.1
... and 38 more
Published
Aug 09, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026