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CVE-2023-5847

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-11-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Under certain conditions, a low privileged attacker could load a specially crafted file during installation or upgrade to escalate privileges on Windows and Linux hosts.

Affected products

• Tenable Nessus: before 10.6.2 — fixed in 10.6.2
• Tenable Agent: before 10.4.3 — fixed in 10.4.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Tenable Nessus 10.6.2; Tenable Agent 10.4.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-37
• https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-38

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