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GHSA-M36F-J5WF-G85F

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-07-06 19:24 – Updated: 2024-04-04 05:29

Details

Insufficiently Protected Credentials: An authenticated user with debug privileges can retrieve stored Nessus policy credentials from the “nessusd” process in cleartext via process dumping. The affected products are all versions of Nessus Essentials and Professional. The vulnerability allows an attacker to access credentials stored in Nessus scanners, potentially compromising its customers’ network of assets.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2022-28291 (GCVE-0-2022-28291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-17 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-13 19:57

Summary

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-522

Assigner

CSW

References

URL

Tags

https://cybersecurityworks.com/blog/zero-days/csw…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	Nessus Professional	Affected: Version 10.1.1

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-M36F-J5WF-G85F

CVE-2022-28291 (GCVE-0-2022-28291)

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