Improper authorization in Nessus
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
An improper authorization vulnerability exists where an authenticated, low privileged remote attacker could view a list of all the users available in the application.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in 10.6.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Tenable Nessus 10.6.0
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2023-03047 Arbitrary file write in Tenable NessusPriority LOW 31
- TI-2023-03046 Pass-back vulnerability in NessusPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-3253
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-76cq-86p6-8q56
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-2023-3253 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-3253 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-76cq-86p6-8q56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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