CVE-2023-5623

7.8 highEPSS 0.2%

High (7.8) in tenable nessus network monitor. EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.8 high

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

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 5% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWEs: CWE-94, CWE-276
Published: 2023-10-26
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

tenable:nessus_network_monitor

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-34

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