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CVE-2023-0101

HIGH CVSS: 8.8 Published: 2023-01-20 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

A privilege escalation vulnerability was identified in Nessus versions 8.10.1 through 8.15.8 and 10.0.0 through 10.4.1. An authenticated attacker could potentially execute a specially crafted file to obtain root or NT AUTHORITY / SYSTEM privileges on the Nessus host.

Affected Platforms

Tenable Nessus

Weakness Type

CWE-269, CWE-269

References