Vulnerability · Published Feb 1, 2023 · Assigned by tenable
CVE-2023-0524
High 8.8
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
As part of our Security Development Lifecycle, a potential privilege escalation issue was identified internally. This could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions to modify environment variables and abuse an impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges. We have resolved the issue and also made several defense-in-depth fixes alongside. While the probability of successful exploitation is low, Tenable is committed to securing our customers’ environments and our products. The updates have been distributed via the Tenable plugin feed in feed serial numbers equal to or greater than #202212212055.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus | Tenable plugin feed serial numbers less than #202212212055. |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H