CVE-2026-103946
HighCVSS 8.3Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk30th percentile - higher than 30% of all known CVEs
Summary
An SQL injection vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to read or modify data stored by Nessus.
Risk Assessment
An authenticated user could access or modify data they should not have access to, compromising data confidentiality and integrity.
Recommendation
Update Nessus to a patched version and restrict user privileges to the minimum necessary.
Other vulnerabilities in Nessus
See all- CVE-2017-11506High
Nessus 6.x before version 6.11 does not verify the manager's TLS certificate when making the initial outgoing connection. This could allow man-in-the-middle attacks.
- CVE-2017-7850High
Nessus 6.10.x before 6.10.5 was found to be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation issue due to insecure permissions when running in Agent Mode.
- CVE-2017-7199High
Nessus versions 6.6.2 to 6.10.3 contain a flaw related to insecure permissions that may allow a local attacker to escalate privileges when the software is running in Agent Mode.
- CVE-2026-57588Low
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows an attacker to craft a malicious scan result file that, when imported by a privileged user, injects malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
- CVE-2026-57587Medium
A SQL injection vulnerability in Nessus allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker who controls reverse DNS records for a scanned host to inject malicious SQL into the scan results database, potentially enabling exfiltration of scan-result data.
- CVE-2023-3251Medium
A pass-back vulnerability exists in the Nessus application before version 10.6.0, allowing an authenticated remote attacker with administrator privileges to uncover stored SMTP credentials.
Original NVD description (English source)
An SQL injection vulnerability could allow an authenticated user to read or modify data stored by Nessus.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS

