🛡️ CVE-2022-28291
🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-522 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
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Description

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.

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-522
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2022-10-17
Updated 2026-06-08
Modified 2025-05-13
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nessus

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