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CVE-2024-3292: 
Tenable Nessus Agent vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A race condition vulnerability (CVE-2024-3292) was discovered in Nessus Agent versions prior to 10.6.4. The vulnerability affects Windows Nessus Agent hosts where an authenticated, local attacker could modify installation parameters at installation time (Tenable Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition with a CVSSv3.1 Base Score of 8.2 (HIGH). The CVSS vector is AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H, indicating local access is required, low attack complexity, low privileges required, user interaction required, with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (Tenable Advisory).

Impact

If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could lead to the execution of arbitrary code on the Nessus host, potentially compromising the system's security (Tenable Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Tenable has released Nessus Agent version 10.6.4 to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade to this version, which can be obtained from the Tenable Downloads Portal (Tenable Advisory).

Additional resources

Source: This report was generated using AI

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CVE ID

Severity

Score

Technologies

Component name

CISA KEV exploit

Has fix

Published date

CVE-2024-3292HIGH8.2
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  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent
NoYesMay 17, 2024
CVE-2025-36632HIGH7.8
  • Tenable Nessus AgentTenable Nessus Agent
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent
NoYesJun 16, 2025
CVE-2025-36633HIGH7.8
  • Tenable Nessus AgentTenable Nessus Agent
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent
NoYesJun 13, 2025
CVE-2025-36631HIGH7.8
  • Tenable Nessus AgentTenable Nessus Agent
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent
NoYesJun 13, 2025
CVE-2026-2026MEDIUM5.4
  • Tenable Nessus AgentTenable Nessus Agent
  • cpe:2.3:a:tenable:nessus_agent
NoYesFeb 13, 2026

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