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    CVE-2023-2005

    Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

    Published:Jun 26, 2023
    Last Modified:Aug 17, 2026
    EPS:Jun 26, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00378
    CVSS Score:6.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Nessus
    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Security Center
    Vendor
    Tenable
    Product
    Tenable.io

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High