CVE-2019-3982

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

2%p77

Published

Oct 23, 2019 (Oct 23, 2019)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Nessus versions 8.6.0 and earlier were found to contain a Denial of Service vulnerability due to improper validation of specific imported scan types. An authenticated, remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to cause a Nessus scanner to become temporarily unresponsive.

Vendors: tenable
Products: nessus
Weakness: CWE-20
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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