CVE-2017-11506

moderate-risk
Published 2017-08-09

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.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.4/10 High
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (20)

Affected Vendors

Tenable

References (4)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141
Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039141
Vendor Advisory https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-11
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 22/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 25/34 · High