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CVE-2017-11506

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-08-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-295

Description

When linking a Nessus scanner or agent to Tenable.io or other manager, Nessus 6.x before 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: 6.0.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.1.2 (+41)

References

• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11

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