Description
Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0
Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07
Scores
CVSS v3
6.7
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
13.0%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
tenable/nessus_agent
7.2.0 - 8.2.3
Published
Mar 19, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026