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TI-2022-14875 Aliases CVE-2022-33757GHSA-9gvf-7m63-wqh9

Improper access control in Tenable Nessus

Priority LOW 31CWE-284Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-284.

Summary

An authenticated attacker could read Nessus Debug Log file attachments from the web UI without having the correct privileges to do so. This may lead to the disclosure of information on the scan target and/or the Nessus scan to unauthorized parties able to reach the Nessus instance.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0096 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Tenable Nessus (Tenable, Inc.): 10.2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
TenableTenable Nessusbefore 10.2.010.2.0Patch availableCNA
  • Tenable Nessus VendorTenable Affected before 10.2.0 Fixed in 10.2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 10.2.0VulnerableTenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 10.2.0 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Tenable Nessus (Tenable, Inc.) Fixed in 10.2.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-33757
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9gvf-7m63-wqh9

References

Advisory 1

  • 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
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