Security Advisory

CVE-2022-28291

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2022-10-17 00:00:00
Last updated 2025-05-13 19:57:34
Assigner CSW
State PUBLISHED

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.