CVE-2021-20077

low-risk
Published 2021-03-19

Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.

Do I need to act?

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0.04% 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
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CVSS 6.7/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Nessus Agent

Affected Vendors

Tenable

References (6)

Patch https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0
Patch https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0
Not Applicable https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07
Patch https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0
Patch https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-04-0
Not Applicable https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2021-07
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low-risk
Severity 21/34 · High
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal