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TI-2023-00097 Aliases CVE-2023-0101GHSA-68w7-82p5-gfgr

Improper privilege management in Nessus

Priority MEDIUM 42CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-269.

Summary

A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00842 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Nessus8.10.1 through 8.15.8, 10.0.0 through 10.4.1—No fix listedCNA
  • Nessus Vendor— Affected 8.10.1 through 8.15.8, 10.0.0 through 10.4.1 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*8.10.1 to before 8.15.8; 10.0.0 to before 10.4.2VulnerableTenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 8.10.1 to before 8.15.8; 10.0.0 to before 10.4.2 Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-0101
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-68w7-82p5-gfgr

References

Patch 2

  • 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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Sources

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