🛡️ CVE-2023-5623 — nessus-network-monitor

🟠 CVSS 7.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-94 NVD
7.0
CVSS Score
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Description

NNM failed to properly set ACLs on its installation directory, which could allow a low privileged user to run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges where NNM is installed to a non-standard location

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-5623 is classified as CWE-94: Code Injection. Input is incorporated into code that the runtime evaluates, so an attacker can have their own code executed.

Affected software

CVE-2023-5623 is recorded against 1 package.

  • nessus-network-monitor (fixed in 6.3.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 26 October 2023 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-94
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2023-10-26
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
nessus-network-monitor — 6.3.0

References

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