Description
Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.
Published: 2021-03-19
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-7539 Nessus Agent versions 7.2.0 through 8.2.2 were found to inadvertently capture the IAM role security token on the local host during initial linking of the Nessus Agent when installed on an Amazon EC2 instance. This could allow a privileged attacker to obtain the token.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: tenable

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-03T17:30:07.670Z

Reserved: 2020-12-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-20077

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-19T19:15:13.497

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:45:53.020

Link: CVE-2021-20077

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