CVE-2017-11506

high Tenable
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 72% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Published: August 9, 2017 (3199 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Tenable
Source: NVD

Description

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.

CWE

CWE-295

Affected Products

tenable nessus

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.tenable.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 www.tenable.com