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TI-2024-02220 Aliases CVE-2024-2390GHSA-22qf-62f9-pj62

Local privilege escalation in Tenable Nessus Agent

Priority LOW 35CWE-269Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Privilege escalation
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

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

Summary

As a part of Tenable’s vulnerability disclosure program, a vulnerability in a Nessus plugin was identified and reported. 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 0.00195 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Nessus Agent (Tenable): #202403142053Nessus (Tenable): #202403142053

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
TenableNessus Agentbefore #202403142053#202403142053Patch availableCNA
TenableNessusbefore #202403142053#202403142053Patch availableCNA
  • Nessus Agent VendorTenable Affected before #202403142053 Fixed in #202403142053 Patch available CNA
  • Nessus VendorTenable Affected before #202403142053 Fixed in #202403142053 Patch available CNA

CPE names CISA-ADP · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Tenable
cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Tenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Tenable
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Tenable

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Nessus Agent (Tenable) Fixed in #202403142053
  • Fix · CNA Nessus (Tenable) Fixed in #202403142053

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-2390
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-22qf-62f9-pj62

References

Other 1

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  • TI-2021-02645 SM2 Decryption Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2020-08897 Potential XSS vulnerability in jQuery KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.9
  • TI-2021-20274 Possible buffer overflow when parsing multipart content in mod_lua of Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-00687 Infinite loop in BN_mod_sqrt() reachable when parsing certificates CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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