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CVE-2021-20100
- Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2021-06-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
Nessus Agent 8.2.4 and earlier for Windows were found to contain multiple local privilege escalation vulnerabilities which could allow an authenticated, local administrator to run specific Windows executables as the Nessus host. This is different than CVE-2021-20099.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus: before 8.2.5 — fixed in 8.2.5
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus 8.2.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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