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Nessus Network Monitor

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CVE-2025-24917 May 23, 16:15 HIGH This Month

In Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could stage files in a local directory to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Windows Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation RCE Microsoft +2
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2025-24916 May 23, 16:15 HIGH This Month

When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Windows Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation Microsoft Nessus Network Monitor +1
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.0
EPSS
0.0%
CVE-2024-9158 Sep 30, 17:15 MEDIUM This Month

A stored cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Nessus Network Monitor where an authenticated, privileged local attacker could inject arbitrary code into the NNM UI via the local CLI. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS RCE Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
CVSS 3.1
4.6
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2023-5624 Oct 26, 17:15 HIGH PATCH This Week

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Code Injection Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.2
EPSS
0.5%
CVE-2023-5623 Oct 26, 17:15 HIGH PATCH This Week

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Code Injection Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.2%
CVE-2023-5622 Oct 26, 17:15 HIGH PATCH This Week

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
CVSS 3.1
8.8
EPSS
0.5%
CVE-2021-3712 Aug 24, 15:15 Cargo HIGH POC PATCH CISA GHSA Act Now

ASN.1 strings are represented internally within OpenSSL as an ASN1_STRING structure which contains a buffer holding the string data and a field holding the buffer length. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure OpenSSL Debian +36
NVD VulDB GitHub
CVSS 3.1
7.4
EPSS
0.4%
CVE-2021-3711 Aug 24, 15:15 Cargo CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

In order to decrypt SM2 encrypted data an application is expected to call the API function EVP_PKEY_decrypt(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow OpenSSL Debian Oracle Active Iq Unified Manager +31
NVD GitHub
CVSS 3.1
9.8
EPSS
87.8%
Threat
6.1
CVE-2021-3450 Mar 25, 15:15 Cargo HIGH PATCH Act Now

The X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag enables additional security checks of the certificates present in a certificate chain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Authentication Bypass Node.js OpenSSL Oracle Fedora +36
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.4
EPSS
18.3%
CVE-2021-3449 Mar 25, 15:15 Cargo MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An OpenSSL TLS server may crash if sent a maliciously crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Node.js OpenSSL Debian +113
NVD
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
62.9%
CVE-2021-23841 Feb 16, 17:15 Cargo MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference OpenSSL Apple macOS +26
NVD
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
7.5%
CVE-2021-23840 Feb 16, 17:15 Cargo HIGH PATCH This Week

Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Denial Of Service Node.js Integer Overflow OpenSSL Debian +24
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.5
EPSS
0.6%
CVE-2020-1971 Dec 08, 16:15 MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Node.js OpenSSL MySQL +48
NVD VulDB
CVSS 3.1
5.9
EPSS
0.3%
CVE-2020-5794 Nov 06, 17:15 HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor versions 5.11.0, 5.11.1, and 5.12.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code by copying user-supplied files to a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Microsoft Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
CVSS 3.1
7.8
EPSS
0.4%
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Month

In Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 on a Windows host, it was found that a non-administrative user could stage files in a local directory to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Windows Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH This Month

When installing Tenable Network Monitor to a non-default location on a Windows host, Tenable Network Monitor versions prior to 6.5.1 did not enforce secure permissions for sub-directories. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.0). No vendor patch available.

Windows Authentication Bypass Privilege Escalation +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM This Month

A stored cross site scripting vulnerability exists in Nessus Network Monitor where an authenticated, privileged local attacker could inject arbitrary code into the NNM UI via the local CLI. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

XSS RCE Nessus Network Monitor +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor was found to not properly enforce input validation. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Code Injection Nessus Network Monitor Tenable
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Code Injection vulnerability could allow attackers to inject and execute arbitrary code within the application.

RCE Code Injection Nessus Network Monitor +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. This Improper Privilege Management vulnerability could allow attackers to escalate privileges to gain unauthorized elevated access.

Privilege Escalation Microsoft Nessus Network Monitor +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH POC PATCH Act Now

ASN.1 strings are represented internally within OpenSSL as an ASN1_STRING structure which contains a buffer holding the string data and a field holding the buffer length. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +38
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 88% 6.1 CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL POC PATCH THREAT Act Now

In order to decrypt SM2 encrypted data an application is expected to call the API function EVP_PKEY_decrypt(). Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

Buffer Overflow OpenSSL Debian +33
NVD GitHub
EPSS 18% CVSS 7.4
HIGH PATCH Act Now

The X509_V_FLAG_X509_STRICT flag enables additional security checks of the certificates present in a certificate chain. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Authentication Bypass Node.js OpenSSL +38
NVD
EPSS 63% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

An OpenSSL TLS server may crash if sent a maliciously crafted renegotiation ClientHello message from a client. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Node.js +115
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The OpenSSL public API function X509_issuer_and_serial_hash() attempts to create a unique hash value based on the issuer and serial number data contained within an X509 certificate. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference OpenSSL +28
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Calls to EVP_CipherUpdate, EVP_EncryptUpdate and EVP_DecryptUpdate may overflow the output length argument in some cases where the input length is close to the maximum permissable length for an. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Denial Of Service Node.js Integer Overflow +26
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The X.509 GeneralName type is a generic type for representing different types of names. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Node.js +50
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in Nessus Network Monitor versions 5.11.0, 5.11.1, and 5.12.0 for Windows could allow an authenticated local attacker to execute arbitrary code by copying user-supplied files to a. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Microsoft Nessus Network Monitor +1
NVD

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