CVE-2022-28291

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-28291
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-10-17 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-19 13:34:00 UTC
DescriptionInsufficiently 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-522

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Tenable Nessus All All All All

References

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CSW Expert Discovers a Zero Day Vulnerability in Tenable’s Nessus Scanner MISC cybersecurityworks.com
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