CVE-2020-5812

5.9 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (5.9) in tenable nessus amazon machine image. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate, or incorrectly validate, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

5.9 medium

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

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-295
Published: 2021-02-06
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus_amazon_machine_image

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-01

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