CVE-2021-20079

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.6%

Medium (6.7) in tenable nessus. EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium

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

EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 49% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
Published: 2021-06-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus

References

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

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