Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation…
Priority LOW 34CWE-732Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00284 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.10.0 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.10.1 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.10.2 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.10.3 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
| cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.10.4 | Vulnerable | Tenable |
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10.0 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10.1 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10.2 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10.3 Vulnerable ·Tenable
- cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:6.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 6.10.4 Vulnerable ·Tenable
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7850
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7xfq-cg5m-hf99
References
More Tenable Nessus vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-20962 In Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, a left shift by 29 (or more) places in the… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2021-21076 In doProlog in xmlparse.c in Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.3, an integer overflow exists for m_groupSize. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2021-02413 NULL pointer deref in signature_algorithms processing CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
- TI-2021-02414 CA certificate check bypass with X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
- TI-2022-07855 Expat (aka libexpat) before 2.4.4 has a signed integer overflow in XML_GetBuffer, for… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-7850 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7850 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7xfq-cg5m-hf99 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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