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CVE-2021-20135

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.7 EPSS 0.30%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2021-11-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.7. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2021-20135
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.7
EPSS
0.30%

Original NVD Description

Nessus versions 8.15.2 and earlier were found to contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific executables on the Nessus Agent host. Tenable has included a fix for this issue in Nessus 10.0.0. The installation files can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (https://www.tenable.com/downloads/nessus).

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