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TI-2023-01886 Aliases CVE-2023-2005GHSA-rx3v-c929-952g

Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-427Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-427.

Summary

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00378 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Tenable.io (Tenable): Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Nessus (Tenable): Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 +1 more product

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
TenableTenable.iobefore Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch availableCNA
TenableNessusbefore Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch availableCNA
TenableSecurity Centerbefore Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch availableCNA
  • Tenable.io VendorTenable Affected before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch available CNA
  • Nessus VendorTenable Affected before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch available CNA
  • Security Center VendorTenable Affected before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableTenable
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableTenable
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.io:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDVulnerableTenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Tenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:security_center:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Tenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.io:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Vulnerable ·Tenable

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Tenable.io (Tenable) Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
  • Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
  • Fix · CNA Security Center (Tenable) Fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2005
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rx3v-c929-952g

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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