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CVE-2023-5622: Privilege Escalation
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 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: 2023-10-26 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-269
Description
Under certain conditions, Nessus Network Monitor could allow a low privileged user to escalate privileges to NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on Windows hosts by replacing a specially crafted file.
Affected products
- Tenable Nessus Network Monitor: before 6.3.0 — fixed in 6.3.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus Network Monitor 6.3.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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