CVE-2021-20106

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CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

EPSS

1%p69

Published

Jul 21, 2021 (Jul 21, 2021)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Nessus Agent versions 8.2.5 and earlier were found to contain a privilege escalation vulnerability which could allow a Nessus administrator user to upload a specially crafted file that could lead to gaining administrator privileges on the Nessus host.

Vendors: tenable
Products: nessus
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (1.3%)

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