{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 3 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2005 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2005 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2023-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 26 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2023-2005 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2023-2005 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Tenable Nessus, published on 26 Jun 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2005 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Tenable Nessus. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2005/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2005/index.md)","id":"CVE-2023-2005","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2005/index.md","name":"CVE-2023-2005","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-rx3v-c929-952g"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Vulnerability Scanner","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"A malicious actor with scan target permissions can escalate privileges by placing a binary in a specific location to abuse a Tenable plugin.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"tenable","cpe":[{"product":"nessus","vendor":"tenable"},{"product":"security_center","vendor":"tenable"},{"product":"tenable.io","vendor":"tenable"}],"cvss":{"score":6.3,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-427","name":"Uncontrolled Search Path Element"}],"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 .\n\nThis 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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Tenable Plugin Feed ID #202306261202 Fixes Privilege Escalation Vulnerability","id":"CVE-2023-2005","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"tenable:nessus","products":["tenable:nessus"],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2023"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":1,"next":{"headline":"Race condition in Linux kernel's RxRPC network protocol","id":"CVE-2023-2006"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2023-2004"},"products":["Nessus","Security Center","Tenable.io"],"published":"2023-06-26","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Command injection in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc and Nessus","id":"CVE-2022-4313","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-03-15"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Tenable.io, Tenable.sc, Nessus","id":"CVE-2023-0524","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-02-01"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Nessus","id":"CVE-2023-0101","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-01-20"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in Nessus","id":"CVE-2022-32973","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-06-21"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Local Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2025-36630","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2025-07-01"},{"cvss_score":8.1,"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus","id":"CVE-2019-3974","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2019-08-15"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Path traversal in Tenable Nessus for Windows and Tenable Nessus Agent for Windows","id":"CVE-2020-5793","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2020-11-05"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-12-03","vendors":["Tenable"]},"summary":"A malicious actor with scan target permissions can escalate privileges by placing a binary in a specific location to abuse a Tenable plugin.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2005/"}