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.
Severity
CVSS 3.0
7.4 high
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 47% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)