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CVE-2023-3251: Pass-back vulnerability in Nessus
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.1)
- 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: 2023-08-29 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-522
Description
A pass-back vulnerability exists where an authenticated, remote attacker with administrator privileges could uncover stored SMTP credentials within the Nessus application.This issue affects Nessus: before 10.6.0.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus: before 10.6.0 — fixed in 10.6.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus 10.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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